The SPP board of directors' approval of the RTO’s first reduction in its planning reserve margin since 1998 almost left members wanting more.

The SPP task force updating the RTO’s planning reserve margin requirements shared its draft report on loss-of-load expectations.

MISO officials outlined proposals to boost its capacity resources, winning support for efforts to streamline the generator interconnection process and redraw its zonal boundaries to reflect constraints.

FERC ordered NYISO to begin a stakeholder proceeding to resolve a dispute over the installed capacity market on Long Island, which was excluded from a previous attempt to address transmission congestion in the areas around New York City.

A round-up of news from the PJM Planning Committee on Sept. 2, 2014.

PJM proposed changing the demand curve to be used in the 2015 Base Residual Auction, while recommending the RTO continue using a combustion turbine as the model for determining the Cost of New Entry (CONE).