The SPP Board of Directors sided with stakeholders’ recommendation to cancel a major 345-kV line but promised a new congestion study.

The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected challenges to FERC Order 1000 by New England Transmission Owners and state officials.

PJM and NYISO stakeholders met in New York for a nearly daylong meeting to discuss cost allocation and ways to evaluate the value of PARs.

PJM told the Operating Committee that they're developing a solar forecast and will need to make several Tariff and manual changes to accommodate it.

ISO-NE nixed a request for proposals for the Keene Road market efficiency transmission upgrade because it would be prohibitively expensive.

PJM CEO Andy Ott and SPP CEO Nick Brown said that FERC Order 1000 is causing headaches while doing little to encourage transmission development.

MISO spent $1.3 million to evaluate construction bids in its first competitive transmission process, funded by the 11 developers that submitted proposals.

General assumptions regarding winter operations will need to be replaced with actual data to improve PJM’s winter resource adequacy analysis.

The Supreme Court said it would not hear a challenge to FERC Order 1000, which ended the federal right of first refusal in transmission construction.

PJM officials reaffirmed their selection of LS Power for the stability fix at Artificial Island, rejecting a rival plan from PSE&G.