The third time’s a charm for MISO getting FERC approval of its sweeping, cost-allocation overhaul for large economic transmission projects.

Records and interviews with stakeholders indicate the June 18 vote that could open PJM's end-of-life transmission planning to competition resulted from intense lobbying.

Four years after approval, MISO’s first competitive transmission project, Republic Transmission's Duff-Coleman line, began transporting power.

New England’s total wholesale costs of electricity last year fell 19% to $9.8 billion, according to the ISO-NE Market Monitor’s 2019 Annual Markets Report.

Exelon and FirstEnergy called on PJM to police stakeholder sector selections after LS Power had an affiliate improperly voting in the senior committees.

Stakeholders encouraged PJM to take a more active role in facilitating carbon pricing as more states look to join the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative.

PJM’s transmission owners gave their response to the push to open end-of-life projects to competition and regional planning at a special meeting.

PJM stakeholders debated for nearly two hours over three proposals to address transmission owners’ spending on end-of-life projects.

FERC ended its refereeing in a battle over cost allocation of the $266.5M Artificial Island stability project, PJM’s first Order 1000 transmission project.

PJM told the Planning Committee it stands behind seeking approval of a regional market efficiency project process without developing cost allocation rules.