Below is a summary of the issues scheduled to be brought to a vote at the Markets and Reliability and Members committees Thursday. Each item is listed by agenda number, description and projected time of discussion, followed by a summary of the issue and links to prior coverage in RTO Insider.

By Tom Kleckner Electric Transmission Texas told ERCOT market participants last week that it is working closely with the ISO to minimize the economic effects of an 18-month project to repair cracks on metal transmission structures that will result in extended transmission outages through November 2018. ETT, a joint venture...

By Amanda Durish Cook CARMEL, Ind. — Recent market developments are compelling MISO to reconsider how it weighs the relative importance of its 15-year future scenarios designed to inform its 2018 Transmission Expansion Plan, staff said last week. Ellis | © RTO Insider “The final MTEP futures reflect the various...

MISO has aligned its Business Practices Manuals with interconnection queue improvements approved by FERC at the beginning of the year (ER17-156). (See FERC Accepts MISO’s 2nd Try on Queue Reform.) Muncy | © RTO Insider Paul Muncy, of MISO’s transmission access planning division, told the Planning Advisory Committee last week...

By Jason Fordney Electric system disturbances resulting from the loss of generation or transmission in the U.S portion of the Western Interconnection increased by 50% between 2015 and 2016, according to a new report from the Western Electricity Coordinating Council. There were 24 “loss of generation or transmission” events in...

By Tom Kleckner AUSTIN, Texas — ERCOT’s Board of Directors on Tuesday approved the Far West Texas transmission project, which will result in the construction of two 345-kV lines southwest of Odessa, Texas. The project would have received unanimous approval but for the abstention of American Electric Power, which will...

By Amanda Durish Cook CARMEL, Ind. — MISO will publish a guide describing its cost estimation process for competitive transmission projects by August, according to RTO staff. “We’re going to really document how we create our cost estimates,” Alex Monn, MISO senior substation design engineer, said during a June 13...

By Michael Kuser ISO-NE on Friday rejected a request that it conduct an independent analysis on whether state renewable energy and carbon reduction policies are creating a need for additional transmission. The RTO acted in response to the Conservation Law Foundation’s May 16 letter asking it to conduct the analysis...

VALLEY FORGE, Pa. — While some components remain to be finished, the major elements of PJM’s proposed structure for its competitive planning processes moved past the Planning Committee at last week’s meeting. PJM’s Michael Herman presented the final version of the new Manual 14F, which outlines rules for competitive bidding...

VALLEY FORGE, Pa. — It took another hour of debate, but stakeholders at last week’s Market Implementation Committee meeting found just enough consensus to approve a problem statement and issue charge developed by PJM to analyze potential changes in how energy efficiency resources can participate in wholesale markets. The vote was...