Under questioning from MISO board members, senior RTO officials defended their support for the $200 million controversial out-of-cycle requests by Entergy.

Our summary of the issues scheduled for votes at the PJM MRC and MC on 03/26/15. Each item is listed by agenda number, description and projected time of discussion, followed by a summary of the issue and links to prior coverage.

A divided FERC accepted the second regional compliance filing by ISO-NE to implement Order 1000, a filing that had languished for more than a year.

FERC said last week that SPP must engage in interregional coordination and cost allocation with SERTP, rejecting the RTO’s request for a limited waiver of Order 1000 requirements.

FERC needs to do more work to ensure Order 1000 opens transmission development to competition and results in interregional projects, developers said at Infocast’s 18th annual Transmission Summit last week.

FERC should reject PSE&G's claim that PJM erred in its solicitation of a stability fix for Artificial Island, the RTO said.

Senior EPA officials promised FERC and NARUC that the final Clean Power Plan the agency issues this summer will protect reliability and not crush consumers.

MISO will have to adopt neighbor SPP’s cost allocation method for interregional transmission facilities addressing reliability needs, FERC said.

David Cruthirds brings this report from the Gulf Coast Power Association’s Feb. 5 special briefing: “Challenges & Changes in Energy on the Bayou.” Among the topics discussed were Entergy’s growth plans, Year 1 in MISO South and the RTO’s ongoing seams battles.

FERC ruled against PJM's $30,000 fee for studying proposed greenfield transmission projects and upgrades under $20 million.