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By Rory D. Sweeney PJM on Monday secured U.S. Department of Energy approval to dispatch Dominion Energy’s recently shuttered Yorktown coal-fired plant to address potential reliability issues on Virginia’s Middle Peninsula. Dominion, which closed the plant in April to comply with an EPA mandate, said it anticipated the department’s order...

By Michael Kuser BOSTON — Massachusetts faces a big question in its plan to add 1,600 MW of offshore wind by 2027: What’s the best way to get the power to shore? The state, which is expected to issue a request for proposals by the end of the month for...

Having agreed on a first potential interregional project with MISO, SPP is moving the 115-kV line in South Dakota through regional review. SPP Interregional Coordinator Adam Bell told the Seams Steering Committee on June 14 that staff is working with the Economic Studies Working Group to develop a draft scope...

AUSTIN, Texas — Jeff Billo, ERCOT’s senior manager of transmission planning, told the Board of Directors last week that further analysis indicates Lubbock Power & Light’s potential transition from SPP could result in as much as $77 million in increased production costs — an $11 million jump from the preliminary...

By Michael Kuser MARLBOROUGH, Mass. — It’s not just “look before you leap.” For those considering crawling through the maze of regulations and property laws that determine whether a pipeline or electric transmission project can win all the permits needed to start construction, it requires looking dozens of steps ahead.

By Michael Brooks President Trump’s nominees to FERC gave nearly identical, boilerplate answers to senators’ written questions on issues ranging from hydroelectric project licensing to natural gas infrastructure following their confirmation hearing last month. The questions, mostly from Democratic and left-leaning independent senators, provide more insight into a party grappling...

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...