Stakeholders at last week’s Planning Committee meeting pushed PJM to expand its scope on several transmission-related issues.

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

PJM postponed a planned vote at last week's Planning Committee on its proposal to adjust the analysis process for market efficiency transmission projects.

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

PJM presented the Planning Committee with issues it sees with its current process for evaluating market efficiency projects.

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

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

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

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

The major elements of PJM’s proposed structure for its competitive planning processes moved past the PJM Planning Committee.