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.
RTOs, ISOs and exempt wholesale generators will no longer have to file FERC Form 566, a minor but annoying requirement.
This week's FERC and federal briefs include news on the Interior Department, EPA, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and NOAA.
A round-up of news from the SPP Strategic Planning Committee on July 16, 2015.
FERC ruled that a power plant owner must pay unnecessary capacity charges because it failed to correct ISO-NE records before a deadline set by the RTO’s Tariff.
This week's state briefs include news on Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Montana, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, Ohio and Wisconsin, as well as D.C.
FERC declined to rehear DTE Electric’s contention that MISO rules put generation developers at a disadvantage in the competition for reliability projects.
A round-up of news from the SPP Markets and Operations Policy Committee on July 14 and 15.
SPP's Z2 credit project, years in development and the source of much member frustration, is on track to be completed in 2016.
SPP members approved four over-budget transmission projects and sent three others back to the drawing board amid widespread criticism of the process used to estimate project costs.