PJM has begun discussing the role and significance of cost-containment assurances in bids for transmission projects under FERC’s Order 1000.

The PJM Board of Managers approved about $417 million in reliability-related transmission projects, more than half of which will go to PSE&G.

The PJM Planning Committee approved revisions to the rules for the Regional Transmission Expansion Plan, agreeing to extend the cycle to 18 months.

The major elements of PJM’s proposed structure for its competitive planning processes moved past the PJM Planning Committee.

The NYISO Management Committee discussed the upcoming summer, an annual review of the Market Monitoring Unit and Tariff changes.

MISO and PJM are evaluating proposed interregional market efficiency projects, but a supplemental project by AEP could undermine most of the proposals.

ERCOT's Cheryl Mele alerted the TAC to an incident where a vendor’s issue-tracking system allowed its software clients to view tickets from other clients.

PJM will discuss its updated capacity emergency transfer limits at next month’s meetings of the Market Implementation and Planning committees, staff said.

MISO and PJM will entertain proposals for interregional reliability projects even though none of the 19 planned reliability upgrades offer opportunities for collaboration.

PJM’s Board of Managers approved more than $1.5 billion in transmission upgrades, led by a project to rebuild aging lines in New Jersey.