PJM planners today recommended PSE&G be awarded the contract to fix the Artificial Island stability problem with a new 500kV line at a cost of about $300 million.

Sea turtles, sturgeon, wetlands and shipping accidents — transmission developers seeking the contract to fix the Artificial Island stability problem invoked all of them and more last week in arguments against their competitors.

By David Jwanier With PJM planners nearing a proposed fix for the Artificial Island stability problem, the issue of who will pay for the project took center...

PJM is close to naming a developer to fix the Artificial Island transmission stability problem, with LS Power’s proposal for an overhead crossing of the Delaware River holding on as the lowest-cost choice.

The solution to the Artificial Island transmission stability problem may be more costly than originally estimated, PJM officials said last week.

PJM has narrowed the list of favored solutions to the Artificial Island stability problems, officials told the Transmission Expansion Advisory Committee.

The diversity of solutions and costs proposed for Artificial Island validates FERC’s view that competition reduces costs and increases innovation.

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

FERC Said that the electric transmission system needs more protections against geomagnetic disturbances like the 1989 solar storm that caused the collapse of the Hydro-Quebec grid.