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.

PJM has reduced its installed reserve margin, largely because of a drop in the equivalent forced outage rate.

PJM stakeholders debated how cost caps in competitive transmission bids should be weighed when they're considered for selection.

PJM staff have completed analysis of Reliability Pricing Model projects and are nearly finished examining interregional projects.

PJM has begun discussing the role and significance of cost-containment assurances in bids for transmission projects under FERC’s Order 1000.

The PJM Board of Managers approved about $417 million in reliability-related transmission projects, more than half of which will go to PSE&G.

The PJM Planning Committee approved revisions to the rules for the Regional Transmission Expansion Plan, agreeing to extend the cycle to 18 months.