Transmission Planning

MISO, PJM See No Joint Reliability Projects; Evaluating MEPs
MISO and PJM will entertain proposals for interregional reliability projects even though none of the 19 planned reliability upgrades offer opportunities for collaboration.
PJM Markets and Reliability and Members Committees Briefs
The PJM Markets and Reliability Committee and Members Committee discussed the RTO's recent pseudo-tie filing, capacity replacement and fuel-cost policies.
ISO-NE Planning Advisory Committee Briefs
The ISO-NE Planning Advisory Committee discussed several changes in the RTO's procedures for 2017 and Eversource's aging transmission towers.
ISO-NE Nixes Keene Road Tx Upgrade
ISO-NE nixed a request for proposals for the Keene Road market efficiency transmission upgrade because it would be prohibitively expensive.
PJM, SPP Chiefs Share Frustration with Order 1000
PJM CEO Andy Ott and SPP CEO Nick Brown said that FERC Order 1000 is causing headaches while doing little to encourage transmission development.
MISO’s Competitive Tx Evaluation Costs $1.3 Million
MISO spent $1.3 million to evaluate construction bids in its first competitive transmission process, funded by the 11 developers that submitted proposals.
MISO-SPP Coordinated Study Yields 1 Possible Project – For Now
Preliminary results of the MISO and SPP '16 coordinated system study are in, and the RTOs say one project has potential, but it fails MISO’s cost threshold.
MISO Changes MTEP Futures Weighting for South
The futures assumptions for the MISO 2017 Transmission Expansion Plan (MTEP) are finalized, with the RTO granting its South region a different future weighting.
Opposition to Va. Tx Line May Trigger Unintended Consequences
PJM's response to the delay of a transmission line to maintain reliability near Jamestown, Va., may lead to increased costs to ratepayers.
Stakeholders Call for Streamlining Federal Review of Projects
Electric infrastructure projects are often stymied by federal regulatory reviews that seem to drag on forever, witnesses told a U.S. Senate committee.

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