FERC dismissed a second request from Linden VFT to rehear its order denying reconsideration of cost allocations for PJM cross-seams projects with MISO.

The possibility of a MISO-SPP transmission expansion must wait, as the RTOs concluded their third coordinated system plan without a single project.

MISO and SPP are making earnest efforts to coordinate transmission development along their shared seam, according to speakers at MARC.

FERC approved changes to the MISO-SPP joint operating agreement intended to improve an interregional planning process that has yet to produce projects.

The Organization of MISO States issued a set of principles intended to guide the RTO’s approach to long-term transmission planning.

Stakeholders gave MISO leadership mixed signals on what they expect from seams policy, though they agreed the RTO shouldn’t strive for exacting consistency in how it deals with different neighbors.

Transmission developers, planners and regulators gathered at the Key Bridge Marriott in Arlington, Va., for Infocast’s annual Transmission Summit East.

State regulators are bringing in the MISO and SPP market monitors to help solve seams issues between the two RTOs.

SPP and MISO staff and stakeholders recommended performing a coordinated system plan in 2019-20 to study 6 possible sites for transmission projects.

CAISO is exploring ways to exchange more low-carbon electricity with the Pacific Northwest, while WestConnect looks to absorb exports from California during overgeneration.