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By Rory D. Sweeney VALLEY FORGE, Pa. — Discussion at PJM’s Transmission Replacement Processes Senior Task Force has not advanced much in the four meetings the group has held since being reactivated in late July, but the rhetoric has softened. Tatum | © RTO Insider The PJM Transmission Owners, their...

RENSSELAER, N.Y. — NYISO will soon announce the formation of a carbon pricing task force, CEO Brad Jones told the Management Committee on Wednesday. The task force will “provide guidance on implementation, to explore how fast we can move forward on these issues,” Jones said. NYISO in August released a...

By Amanda Durish Cook MISO is seeking stakeholder guidance on how to forecast the probable locations of future renewable, energy storage and distributed energy resources in order to better inform its transmission planning. To prepare for MISO’s 2019 Transmission Expansion Plan modeling, stakeholders had asked the RTO to update probable...

By Jason Fordney Last week saw a handful of CAISO-related developments at FERC, including the commission’s suspension of a Pacific Gas and Electric transmission rate request and approval of Portland General Electric (PGE)’s authority to charge market-based rates in the Western Energy Imbalance Market (EIM) ahead of the utility’s Oct.

By Rich Heidorn Jr. FERC last week rejected a request by several SPP members that they be exempted from congestion and marginal loss charges under a grandfathered contract signed before they joined the RTO (ER14-2850-008, ER14-2851-008). The commission ruled Sept. 26 that Missouri River Energy Services, Basin Electric Power Cooperative,...

By Jason Fordney CAISO and Pacific Gas and Electric have asked FERC to reconsider its decision last month to approve only some of the utility’s requested transmission rate incentives related to more than $1 billion in planned grid improvements. The ISO and the utility on Sept. 25 filed separate requests...

By Amanda Durish Cook MISO will release results from its regional transmission overlay study by December — nearly two years ahead of schedule. The RTO finished the overlay analysis earlier than the slated 2019 finish, citing the collapse of the Clean Power Plan as a factor in speeding up the...

AUSTIN, Texas — Renewable energy developers, energy providers, end users, renewable manufacturers and others gathered last week for the Infocast Texas Renewable Energy Summit, where attendees heard discussions on the challenges ERCOT faces in building transmission, adding renewable resources and ensuring grid reliability. Here’s some of the highlights. No CREZ...

FERC last week approved CAISO’s request to be relieved of its requirement to develop a conceptual statewide plan as part of its regional transmission planning process. The commission at its meeting also ruled on two disputes regarding the Western Energy Crisis of 2000/01. CAISO has developed the statewide conceptual plan...

By Tom Kleckner Mountain West Transmission Group said Friday it has completed initial discussions about RTO membership with SPP’s management team and will begin public negotiations through its stakeholder process. The conversations began shortly after Mountain West, a coalition of 10 utilities primarily serving Colorado, Wyoming and Nebraska, announced its...