PJM presented its shortlist of projects for inclusion in the first window of its 2025 Regional Transmission Expansion Plan.

Several stakeholders presented proposals for how PJM could address accelerating load growth as the Critical Issue Fast Path process on large load growth wraps up its second phase.

PJM presented several non-competitive projects it plans to recommend be included in the 2025 Regional Transmission Expansion Plan Window 1.

PJM and the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities are in discussions on how the transmission and interconnection facilities planned for the state’s offshore wind aspirations can be put on ice in the wake of all the generation developers pulling out of their projects.

FERC opened the door for PJM to resubmit a previously rejected proposal to shift its Regional Transmission Expansion Plan protocol from its operating agreement to its tariff, while dismissing a rehearing request for a connected proposal by the RTO’s transmission owners.

The Planning Committee endorsed by acclamation a PJM proposal to rework how it determines which jurisdiction a resource point of interconnection falls under.

FERC approved PJM’s proposed cost allocation for $6.7 billion in transmission upgrades included in the first window of the 2024 Regional Transmission Expansion Plan.

FERC Chair Mark Christie criticized PJM for continuing to consider proceeding with Transource Energy’s Independence Energy Connection transmission project years after Pennsylvania regulators denied it a certificate of public convenience and need.