MISO told the Planning Advisory Committee that it will conduct three new separate, but related, studies this year to identify a transmission solution for the RTO’s constrained interface between its North and South regions.

ISO-NE staff told the Planning Advisory Committee it is recommending the RTO not move forward on the Keene Road transmission project.

MISO stakeholders are asking to review the scenarios for MTEP 17 because of the uncertainty of carbon-emission policies under the Trump administration.

PJM plans to recommend at least two finalists when it presents its re-evaluation of the Artificial Island project to the Board of Managers in April.

WAPA has selected a route for the TransWest Express transmission project, an HVDC line proposed by Anschutz Corp.

PJM staff outlined a proposal to lengthen the RTO’s RTEP cycle for reliability projects from 12 months to 18 months.

FERC approved a designated entity agreement for Transource Energy to construct the AP South Congestion Improvement Project, subject to the outcome of a formula rate case.

In the absence of a planned transmission line, Dominion presented a plan to PJM to drop 150,000 customers in Virginia in the event of facility loss.

WAPA and SMUD said the Colusa-Sutter project will provide additional bidirectional transmission capacity to improve SMUD’s ability to participate in CAISO’s Energy Imbalance Market (EIM).

PJM announced that its comprehensive analysis and recommended solution for issues related to Artificial Island won’t be ready until April.