The MISO and PJM targeted market efficiency project portfolio has dipped from seven projects to five.

An ISO-NE market efficiency transmission project intended to release bottled wind resources in Maine may not be cost-effective, according to a draft report.

Stakeholders working on the SPP Z2 crediting process met here last week to learn about how potential solutions might affect the RTO’s other functions.

FERC last week approved the PJM cost allocations for its updated Regional Transmission Expansion Plan, dismissing complaints from Dayton Power and Light.

The Organization of MISO States was unable to achieve consensus on how MISO should revise its cost allocation procedures.

MISO and PJM have agreed not to publicly talk about the issue of pseudo-tie congestion double-counting until a FERC complaint on the issue is resolved.

MISO and PJM are close to implementing a targeted market efficiency project type and poised to approve six such projects with cross-regional benefits.

The MISO Planning Advisory Committee discussed making retirement notices public, including energy storage in interconnection rules and charging for Quarterly Operating Limit studies.

FERC approved a rate settlement for the Artificial Island transmission project, but the order may be moot.

SPP stakeholders are pondering the use of incremental long-term congestion rights to help solve some of the complexity with the RTO’s Z2 crediting process.