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By Tom Kleckner SPP stakeholders are considering the use of incremental long-term congestion rights (ILTCRs) to help solve some of the complexity with the RTO’s Z2 crediting process, a contentious issue that dates back to 2008. Meeting in Kansas City last week, the Z2 Task Force spent considerable time discussing...

VALLEY FORGE, Pa. — PJM has determined that it must keep a loop flow in place with NYISO when the Con Ed-PSEG “wheel” ends next year, but that by 2021 that “operational baseflow” will be reduced to zero. Presenting at the Market Implementation, Operating and Planning committees last week, PJM...

By William Opalka ALBANY, N.Y. — A coalition of environmental groups and clean energy developers on Thursday called for upgrades in New York’s transmission system at the Alliance for Clean Energy New York’s 10th Annual Conference. Reynolds | © RTO Insider “Today’s unique circumstances dictate that the rapid construction of...

By Robert Mullin The California Public Utilities Commission is protesting FERC’s decision to allow Pacific Gas and Electric to include a 50-basis-point ISO participation adder in its 2017 transmission rates proposal. The CPUC said that the commission’s ruling “ignores the need to demonstrate that an incentive must be ‘justified’ pursuant...

By Michael Brooks FERC on Wednesday denied San Diego Gas & Electric’s request for rehearing of an order that limited the amount the utility can be reimbursed if its South Orange County Reliability Enhancement (SOCRE)  transmission upgrade project is canceled (EL15-103). | SDG&E SDG&E is seeking approval from the California...

By Robert Mullin CAISO’s Board of Governors voted Thursday to expand the definition of a “load-serving entity” to include the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART) and other organizations that buy wholesale power to serve their own needs. CAISO proposed to expand the Tariff definition of a load-serving...

By Rory D. Sweeney FERC last week conditionally approved revisions to the MISO-PJM Joint Operating Agreement on cost allocation for cross-seam transmission projects, while denying rehearing requests from PJM and the RTOs’ transmission owners (ER13-1944, et al.). In rejecting the rehearing requests, the commission said the grid operators and TOs...

By Tom Kleckner LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The SPP Board of Directors and Members Committee decided last week to take no further action on the contentious Z2 crediting issue, leaving unhappy stakeholders likely to seek redress from FERC or the courts. The board discussed the Markets and Operations Policy Committee’s...

By Amanda Durish Cook CARMEL, Ind. — MISO presented a different perspective at its Oct. 25 Informational Forum, inviting cultural anthropologist Gretchen Bakke to talk about shifting attitudes toward electrical infrastructure. Bakke | McGill University Bakke, assistant professor of anthropology at McGill University in Montreal and author of “The Grid:...

By Rory D. Sweeney FERC granted a Maryland solar developer’s request to reinstate its position in PJM’s interconnection queue, which the company lost because of delays in obtaining state approval (ER16-2645). Dan’s Mountain Solar initiated the interconnection review process in 2014 to connect its 18.36-MW project in Allegany County to...