FERC and the U.S. Department of Justice told the 7th Circuit that Illinois' zero-emission credits (ZECs) program is not pre-empted by the Federal Power Act.
PJM ordered its first load-shed event since implementing Capacity Performance in 2015 after a transmission line in Indiana tripped offline.
PJM is pressing FERC to make a decision on the RTO’s “jump ball” capacity filing, arguing that the commission is within its authority to do so and pointing out what it considers to be hypocrisy in opponents’ criticism of the filing.
FERC denied a complaint from the New Jersey BPU to reallocate the Bergen-Linden Corridor project’s costs, leaving PSEG to pay for most of it.
PJM and the Monitor presented members with separate proposals to revise the long-term financial transmission rights market.
Capacity auction prices increased sharply in most of PJM for delivery year 2021/22, with demand response and energy efficiency making gains while cleared nuclear power capacity dropped.
PJM stakeholders resoundingly endorsed LS Power’s controversial proposal to bring cost containment measures into the RTO’s transmission planning process.
Consumer, small-business and environmental advocates pressed the PJM Board of Managers on the issue of transparency at their annual meeting.
“Resilience” was uttered so many times during the PJM annual meeting that speakers were joking about using the word before making their own comments.
A summary of the issues scheduled to be brought to a vote at the PJM Markets and Reliability Committee (MRC) meeting on May 24, 2018.