The price tag on the proposed Northern Pass transmission line in New Hampshire appears likely to rise after a draft environmental impact statement released last week showed the cheapest route would also have the greatest environmental impact.

A summary of topics discussed by SPP working groups last week.

A summary of measures approved by the PJM Markets and Reliability Committee on July 23, 2015.

Our summary of the issues scheduled for votes at the PJM MRC on 07/23/15. Each item is listed by agenda number, description and projected time of discussion, followed by a summary of the issue and links to prior coverage.

A round-up of news from the SPP Strategic Planning Committee on July 16, 2015.

FERC declined to rehear DTE Electric’s contention that MISO rules put generation developers at a disadvantage in the competition for reliability projects.

A round-up of news from the SPP Markets and Operations Policy Committee on July 14 and 15.

SPP members approved four over-budget transmission projects and sent three others back to the drawing board amid widespread criticism of the process used to estimate project costs.

A round-up of news from the PJM Planning Committee on July 9, 2015.

Seven projects proposed by transmission developers for the mid-Hudson region have cleared an initial screening by the staff of the New York PSC.