The first project window for the 2019 PJM Regional Transmission Expansion Plan (RTEP) will open in about a month.

As expected, PJM transmission planners said last week they will recommend the PJM Board of Managers approve FirstEnergy’s proposed $8 million congestion-relief upgrade in the MetEd zone.

PJM will approve only one of 17 congestion relief proposals submitted in September, saying most failed to provide sufficient benefits or targeted problems that were already addressed.

PJM planners expect to recommend construction of a $1.2 billion double circuit 345 kV line to address a short circuit problem in the PSEG zone.

The Planning Committee last week endorsed changes to Manual 14B: PJM Region Transmission Planning Process to improve the procedure for analyzing and addressi...

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PJM yesterday began inviting competitive proposals for transmission projects to provide relief at its 25 most congested locations.

Constraints that can be quickly and cheaply resolved would be included in the PJM RTEP under a proposal given first reading at the MRC on Thursday, 8/1/13.

NJ's legislature called on state utility regulators to support development of the proposed transmission “backbone” for offshore wind.

Integrating offshore wind into PJM will require billions in new transmission spending. Lines on shore also will have to be upgraded or built.