SPP and MISO are picking up the pace of developing their 2020 coordinated system plan, staff told the Seams Steering Committee.

MISO and SPP are both recommending the RTOs take another stab this year at a coordinated system plan in their elusive pursuit of an interregional project.

Fresh off the approval of their first interregional transmission project, MISO and PJM are now contemplating a new study this year.

The possibility of a MISO-SPP transmission expansion must wait, as the RTOs concluded their third coordinated system plan without a single project.

SPP and MISO are reviewing a draft of their 2019 Coordinated System Plan, which will determine the need for any interregional transmission projects.

SPP and MISO staff and stakeholders recommended performing a coordinated system plan in 2019-20 to study 6 possible sites for transmission projects.

MISO and SPP told stakeholders that there is “more support than not” for the RTOs to conduct a joint study of interregional transmission projects in 2019.

MISO and SPP plan to file a slightly revised version of proposed changes to their JOA aimed at making an interregional transmission project more attainable.

MISO and SPP agreed to file changes to their joint operating agreement that they say will smooth the approval of interregional projects.

MISO and PJM have whittled 20 prospective targeted market efficiency projects (TMEPs) down to two.