Eleven respondents have submitted proposals for the Duff-Coleman project in MISO, the RTO’s first competitive project under FERC Order 1000.

The PJM Planning Committee and Transmission Expansion Advisory Committee (TEAC) considered the loss of the Quad Cities nuclear plant and discussed Order 1000 rules, $1.1 billion in end-of-life projects for PSE&G and the third RTEP window of the year.

The Southwest Power Pool (SPP) nears the launch of the new gas-day timeline and enhanced combined cycle software as stakeholders approve a minimum threshold for competitive projects under Order 1000.

The PJM Board OKd more than $636 million in transmission projects, including a $320 million market efficiency project — its largest ever

FERC is giving until Sept. 2 to provide comments on recommended changes to Order 1000 following a June technical conference.

SPP and MISO are inching closer to agreement on a second joint transmission study on their seams, though they continue to disagree how “targeted” a targeted study should be.

The PJM Board of Managers has suspended the controversial Artificial Island transmission project, pending a staff analysis.

Less than a year after enjoying a 2-cent reduction in SPP’s administrative fee, the RTO’s members are now facing the prospect of a 4-cent hike for 2017.

The 1st competitive SPP project under FERC Order 1000, approved by the BOD with some fanfare in April, is being cancelled due to falling demand projections. 

MISO closed its request for proposals on the Duff-Coleman 345-kV transmission project in Southern Indiana on July 6, reviewing "robust" number of proposals.