PJM remains disinclined to create procedures to analyze any other cost containment guarantees beyond construction cost caps.

American Municipal Power (AMP) continued its criticism of PJM’s grid spending, grilling utility officials during a marathon TEAC meeting.

The PJM Board of Managers authorized $348 million in transmission projects, irking American Municipal Power.

PJM told members of the Transmission Replacement Process Senior Task Force they must agree on a common definition of end-of-life facilities.

FERC approved cost allocation responsibility assignments for 39 baseline upgrades recently added to the PJM Regional Transmission Expansion Plan.

PJM’s announcement of plans to recommend more than $400 million in transmission upgrades sparked pushback from American Municipal Power.

The PJM Board of Managers authorized $1 billion in transmission project, including new construction, end-of-life replacements and upgrades.

Stakeholders approved PJM’s 2017 installed reserve margin (IRM) calculations at last week’s Planning Committee meeting.

Discussion at PJM’s Transmission Replacement Processes Senior Task Force has not advanced much since July, but the rhetoric has softened.

More than half of the $24.3 billion in transmission projects in PJM since 2012 were unneeded to comply with reliability requirements, according to AMP.