The Planning Committee endorsed PJM’s recommended load model for the 2018 reserve requirement study, which uses data from 2003 through 2012.

MISO’s proposal to allow merchant HVDC lines to connect to its system is incomplete, FERC informed the RTO in a deficiency letter.

The SPP Market Monitoring Unit (MMU) reported that energy prices averaged about $23/MWh in the spring, despite higher loads.

FERC rejected PJM’s proposal to exempt incumbent transmission owners from signing designated entity agreements (DEAs).

FERC has questions on MISO’s plan to transform its retirement notification process into a catch-all three-year suspension period.

It remains unclear whether PJM will have new rules in place for evaluating and selecting market efficiency projects by the start of the next RTEP window.

PJM staff abruptly ended a meeting of the Transmission Replacement Processes Senior Task Force, saying the group was suspended until FERC action.

FERC approved part of PJM’s cost responsibility assignments for its updated RTEP, but rejected cost allocations for four cross-border projects.

NYISO stakeholders again backed joint proposals by North America Transmission (NAT) and NYPA to build two 345-kV transmission projects.

A controversial proposal to bring cost-containment measures into PJM’s transmission planning cleared its final hurdle in the stakeholder process.