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.

SPS and SPP have asked the PUC of Texas (PUCT) to rule on whether Texas law includes a right of first refusal that overrides FERC Order 1000.

New England’s needs for energy infrastructure moved to ISO-NE as stakeholders began discussing the potential for major projects under FERC Order 1000.

Stakeholders expressed concerns over how the Western Interconnection’s four transmission planning organizations can align their separate regional processes.

MISO briefed the System Planning Committee on next steps for the Duff-Coleman transmission project and the new generator interconnection queue rules.

A summary of the issues scheduled to be brought to a vote at the Markets and Reliability and Members committees meetings Feb. 23, 2017.

The MISO Planning Subcommittee discussed how the RTO estimates transmission costs and new rules on non-transmission alternatives.

The first National Electric Transmission Infrastructure Summit heard concerns over how to pay for grid modernization and FERC's lack of a quorum.