New York made considerable progress this year in its efforts to decarbonize its economy and spread benefits to disadvantaged communities despite COVID-19.

In 2020 MISO managed remotely, redefining reliability standards, reorganizing its capacity market and launching a long-term transmission planning effort.

FERC handed SPP an early Christmas present when it approved the RTO’s second version of a tariff for its five-minute WEIS market.

ISO-NE presented to the Planning Advisory Committee feedback on lessons learned from its competitive Boston-area transmission solicitation.

The NEPOOL Reliability Committee last week recommended that the Participants Committee support revisions to ISO-NE’s Planning Procedures

SPP has begun gathering stakeholder feedback as staff works to again improve its project selection processes under FERC Order 1000.

FERC ruled that Tri-State G&T has only partially complied with Orders 845 and approved Basin Electric Power Cooperative’s revised market-based rate tariff.

FERC rejected a PJM joint stakeholder proposal regarding EOL projects, siding with transmission owners who argued the proposal violated their rights.

SPP and MISO in October registered a record $14.63 million in market-to-market settlements, more than doubling the amount set the month before.

MISO state regulators debated what to include in a list of guidance principles on transmission project cost allocation they will send to the RTO.