At the NARUC winter meeting, OMS members sharply questioned MISO officials over its refusal to share with them raw transmission project cost data.

FERC granted partial rehearing of a 2013 order that rejected a NYISO cost allocation method for some uplift costs under Order 745.

MISO officials and stakeholders discussed December's record output for wind power, IT improvements and transmission cost allocation.

The MISO Steering Committee allocated the RTO’s settlement with SPP, a potential cost recovery defect and cost-sharing for customer-funded upgrades.

FERC found that MISO and PJM have largely complied with commission directives issued in an order resolving a complaint by NIPSCO over interregional planning

FERC proposed regulations intended to reduce uplift costs, allocate it more accurately and increase transparency.

SPP stakeholders agreed to amend a two-year-old policy paper and clarify when FERC approval would be needed for cost allocation towards some seams projects.

FERC upheld its Feb 2016 ruling that projects solely addressing a transmission owner’s local planning criteria aren't eligible for regional cost allocation.

CAISO has narrowed the scope of a generator interconnection plan that seeks to protect smaller transmission owners from disproportionately high costs.

FERC last week approved the PJM cost allocations for its updated Regional Transmission Expansion Plan, dismissing complaints from Dayton Power and Light.