It isn’t only PJM’s Atlantic states that see promise in offshore wind. The Great Lakes also offer strong winds, along with their own unique challenges — winter ice, opposition from tourist towns, and in Pennsylvania, development restrictions put into law by casino opponents.

PJM Insider's Issue Brief reviews offshore wind efforts in total and by state; suggesting that offshore wind’s environmental and economic development potential requires changes in federal policy and billions more than PJM's states have committed to date.

FERC signaled today that it will increase its scrutiny of the PJM-MISO Joint Common Market process amid complaints that PJM is improperly limiting MISO generation in its capacity market.

PJM's 2013 Market Efficiency Study revealed that an increase in the dispatch of gas-fired units in east PJM reduced west to east congestion in PJM.

PJM “will err on the side of caution” in disclosing details from transmission developers’ project proposals when implementing their first proposal window.

Two utilities signaled their intent to oppose a “multi-driver” approach for incorporating public policy goals in PJM’s transmission planning process.

PJM yesterday announced the first transmission project open to non-utility transmission developers under the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s Order 100...

FERC’s ruling requires PJM or its transmission owners to make additional filings to achieve compliance with Order 1000. Those tasks are below by category.

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) today rejected a bid by PJM transmission owners to retain their rights of first refusal (ROFR) over transmission reliability projects while approving the owners’ proposed “hybrid” cost allocation for new high-voltage lines.

By Rich Heidorn Jr. Washington, DC (March 14, 2013) - Market Monitor Joseph Bowring released the 2012 State of the Markets report with a call for changes to...