ISO-NE presented the PAC with potential study conditions to identify transmission needs under increased penetration of distributed, renewable and storage resources.

MISO and SPP have once again failed to identify any beneficial cross-border transmission projects after a fourth interregional study.

SPP’s board and Members Committee met outside of their normal quarterly schedule to consider a number of pressing issues.

MISO members have recommended that the RTO’s 2020 Transmission Expansion Plan proceed to final approval in December.

The cost of the Greater Boston Project is expected to increase by $191 million, Eversource told the NEPOOL Reliability Committee.

PJM stakeholders endorsed expanding the use of synchrophasors and making them a requirement for certain projects under the RTEP.

SPP and MISO staff shared with the SPP Seams Steering Committee additional details on the yearlong transmission study the RTOs will soon pursue.

Two recently announced special transmission planning efforts could have MISO members soon stringing miles of new wires across the footprint.

FERC left MISO transmission owners’ ability to self-fund network upgrades intact over a protest from AWEA and the dissent of Commissioner Richard Glick.

MISO and SPP announced a yearlong transmission study to identify projects with “comprehensive, cost-effective and efficient upgrades.”