SPP and MISO are inching closer to agreement on a second joint transmission study on their seams, though they continue to disagree how “targeted” a targeted study should be.

The PJM Board of Managers has suspended the controversial Artificial Island transmission project, pending a staff analysis.

Less than a year after enjoying a 2-cent reduction in SPP’s administrative fee, the RTO’s members are now facing the prospect of a 4-cent hike for 2017.

The 1st competitive SPP project under FERC Order 1000, approved by the BOD with some fanfare in April, is being cancelled due to falling demand projections. 

MISO closed its request for proposals on the Duff-Coleman 345-kV transmission project in Southern Indiana on July 6, reviewing "robust" number of proposals.

Nearly every participant at a FERC technical conference on Order 1000  urged the commission to improve transparency in  planners’ decision-making processes.

The PJM second competitive window of 2016 will be open for 30 days calendar days beginning the week of June 27, 2016.

SPP said it is seeking industry experts to serve on a second independent panel to review Order 1000 transmission proposals in 2017.

The Delaware House of Representatives unanimously passed a resolution aimed at blocking a proposed stability fix for Artificial Island.

A summary of issues discussed and measures approved by the PJM Planning Committee and Transmission Expansion Advisory Committee on June 9, 2016.