Representatives of FERC, MISO, the Kansas Corporation Commission and Pattern Energy discussed interregional transmission planning at the CLEANPOWER conference.

PJM is looking to create guidance and requirement language for several manuals related to the implementation of a dynamic line rating system in the RTO.

PJM stakeholders received an update on the suspended Transource IEC transmission project at the Transmission Expansion Advisory Committee meeting.

Stakeholders endorsed a joint PJM/Independent Market Monitor proposal addressing fuel-cost policy standards at a Market Implementation Committee meeting.

FERC settled two disputes over waivers from SPP’s generator interconnection procedures, approving one, denying the other, with Mark Christie dissenting on both.

A bill granting incumbent transmission owners the right of first refusal to build and operate transmission in Michigan won final legislative approval.

MISO has plans to test its hypothesis that benefits from long-range transmission projects built in Midwest won’t deliver benefits to the South.

ISO-NE stakeholders approved tariff changes that incorporate a new transmission planning process focused beyond the RTO’s current 10-year planning horizon.

FERC said a MISO transmission owner cannot duck refunds stemming from the commission’s recent decision to implement a 10.02% return on equity.

NYISO presented stakeholders with updates on its Grid in Transition initiative and a 2022 Master Plan for managing the changes to market rules.