PJM will emphasize cost controls in changes to its competitive transmission process, an element in its RTEP redesign.

FERC denied requests for rehearing on a formula rate for the construction of a transmission line as part of the Artificial Island Project.

ISO-NE is seeking stakeholder comments on statutes and regulations that could require new transmission under the public policy conditions of FERC Order 1000.

MISO told the Planning Advisory Committee that it will conduct three new separate, but related, studies this year to identify a transmission solution for the RTO’s constrained interface between its North and South regions.

PJM plans to recommend at least two finalists when it presents its re-evaluation of the Artificial Island project to the Board of Managers in April.

PJM announced that its comprehensive analysis and recommended solution for issues related to Artificial Island won’t be ready until April.

For MISO, 2017 will likely be filled with capacity auction changes, cost allocation debates, an updated interconnection queue and transmission studies.

SPP and its stakeholders enter 2017 seeking ways to integrate massive amounts of wind power into the RTO’s interconnection queue.

MISO has selected LS Power unit Republic Transmission to build the RTO’s first competitive transmission project, the Duff-Coleman 345kV line.

Southwest Power Pool and MISO continue to study seven potential joint transmission projects across their seam. Next: developing the 2017 joint study.