FERC rejected Consolidated Edison's attempt to avoid paying for a major transmission upgrade in northern New Jersey but suggested it might order PJM to recalculate the company’s bill.

PJM says it may have to spend $148 million on grid upgrades if the B.L. England Generating Station plant retirement is unable to proceed with its natural gas repowering plan.

State regulators and PJM transmission owners plan to meet to narrow their differences over rules for “multi-driver” transmission projects.

FERC Order 1000 is likely to be upheld by the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals based on comments from a three-judge panel during oral arguments last week.

The Planning Committee voted last week to initiate work to bring PJM into compliance with FERC’s Small Generator Interconnection rules.

The solution to the Artificial Island transmission stability problem may be more costly than originally estimated, PJM officials said last week.

PJM will conduct training April 17 for transmission developers who want to submit proposals in the RTO’s second “market efficiency” window in November.

PJM told FERC that it should reject an attempt by Consolidated Edison Co. to avoid paying for more than half of a $1.2 billion transmission upgrade to address a short circuit problem in the PSE&G transmission zone.

PJM could get 30% of its energy from wind and solar power without reliability problems, but it could require as much as $13.7 billion in transmission upgrades, according to a long-awaited study.

Two new PJM substations, part of the Susquehanna-Roseland transmission project, are nearly complete.