SPP set several new records for wind generation, lending further credence to its claims that it can handle wind-penetration levels as high as 75%.

The MISO Board of Directors learned about the recent discovery that PJM had been committing two market-to-market (M2M) errors.

MISO and PJM expect to begin implementing a two-part remedy to their double-charging of congestion fees on pseudo-tied generation early next year.

PJM has reduced its installed reserve margin, largely because of a drop in the equivalent forced outage rate.

MISO is recommending a new version of a transmission project intended to alleviate constraints in the West of the Atchafalaya Basin (WOTAB) area.

NERC will host a webinar Aug. 25 to help the current members of SPP’s Regional Entity transition to new compliance authorities.

The SPP Transmission and Economic Studies working groups met jointly April 3 to vote on staff’s re-evaluation of the 90-mile Potter-Tolk transmission line.

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.

MISO will ask FERC to approve new pseudo-tie rules next year, officials said during a Nov. 8 special conference call of the Reliability Subcommittee.