FERC ordered a technical conference to investigate overlapping congestion charges imposed on pseudo-tie transactions between MISO and SPP.

MISO and SPP appear to have come up empty once again after a fourth study failed to detect a joint transmission project.

PJM's Planning Committee endorsed the use of a 13-year load model with data from 2002-2014 for the 2020 reserve requirement study.

SPP told the Seams Steering Committee they have begun preliminary interregional transmission planning discussions with Canadian electric utility SaskPower.

The NYISO Business Issues Committee approved several manual and Tariff revisions, and received the monthly Broader Regional Markets and operations reports.

MISO and PJM said they will propose changes to how they determine flowgate rights in a white paper in November.

SPP and MISO are reviewing a draft of their 2019 Coordinated System Plan, which will determine the need for any interregional transmission projects.

PJM proposed an alternative stakeholder process to implement market rule changes recommended in a special report on the RTO’s role in the GreenHat default.

FERC approved the first SPP seams project when it accepted Tariff revisions incorporating a cost-sharing and usage agreement with AECI.

MISO and PJM challenged the contention by MISO’s Independent Market Monitor that PJM’s two long-term market-to-market (M2M) errors have cost MISO millions.