FERC's approval of SPP’s request to terminate an interconnection agreement with the proposed Tres Amigas “superstation” won’t hurt plans to unite the three major U.S. grids, developers said.

A summary of measures and issues discussed at the SPP Board of Directors/Members Committee meeting on July 28, 2015.

The PJM Board of Managers approved staff’s recommendation for the stability fix at New Jersey’s Artificial Island, despite objections from the Delmarva Peninsula, which will be allocated nearly the full cost of the project.

Delmarva officials are lobbying the PJM board to reject planners’ recommended reliability fix for Artificial Island.

The price tag on the proposed Northern Pass transmission line in New Hampshire appears likely to rise after a draft environmental impact statement released last week showed the cheapest route would also have the greatest environmental impact.

A summary of topics discussed by SPP working groups last week.

A summary of measures approved by the PJM Markets and Reliability Committee on July 23, 2015.

Our summary of the issues scheduled for votes at the PJM MRC on 07/23/15. 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.

A round-up of news from the SPP Strategic Planning Committee on July 16, 2015.

FERC declined to rehear DTE Electric’s contention that MISO rules put generation developers at a disadvantage in the competition for reliability projects.