PJM's Planning Committee ok'd an initiative to create rules for “if and how” energy storage could be part of the Regional Transmission Expansion Plan.

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

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

PJM stakeholders questioned the scope and timing of the RTO’s proposed initiative for considering storage as transmission assets in the RTEP process.

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.