PJM is standing behind its original $7 million rebuild of the 115-kV Hunterstown-Lincoln line over a competing project from Ameren.

FERC ruled two merchant transmission operators in New Jersey are liable for cost allocations under PJM’s RTEP despite converting from firm to non-firm.

PJM stakeholders seeking to improve the transparency of transmission owners’ spending on end-of-life projects urged the RTO to conclude work on proposals.

PJM plans to expand the use of synchrophasors and formalize their placements — currently voluntary — into the Regional Transmission Expansion Plan.

FERC approved PJM’s updated annual cost responsibility assignments for projects in the Regional Transmission Expansion Plan over the objections of ODEC.

PJM’s Planning Committee will consider whether the RTO must develop document language to deal with mitigation of existing and future infrastructure.

Transource Energy’s alternative configuration for its Independence Energy Connection project doesn’t pass PJM’s cost-benefit test, LS Power said.

Competitive transmission developers made an argument at OPSI’s annual meeting: Supplemental projects undermine regional planning efforts.

PJM must open Form 715 transmission projects to competitive bidding, with regional cost sharing involving high-voltage lines, FERC ordered.

PJM stakeholders are concerned that a proposed Tariff filing by transmission owners could undermine FERC-ordered transparency rules for certain projects.