FERC dismissed a second round of complaints over overlapping pseudo-tie congestion charges between MISO and PJM.

SPP told the Seams Steering Committee they have begun preliminary interregional transmission planning discussions with Canadian electric utility SaskPower.

FERC rejected a trio of complaints from American Municipal Power over how MISO and PJM address their pseudo-tied generation.

FERC established briefing procedures for MISO and SPP as it investigates “overlapping and duplicative” congestion charges on pseudo-tie transactions.

FERC ordered paper hearings in disputes over the criteria PJM used to reject several hydroelectric resources from pseudo-tying into the RTO’s grid.

Refunds appear imminent in a dispute over MISO and PJM’s past practice of double-charging pseudo-tied generation for congestion fees.

FERC approved Tariff revisions intended to relieve costs for MISO resources pseudo-tying into PJM despite criticism that they didn't go far enough.

FERC established a paper hearing to settle a dispute between PJM and an external resource on whether it should be allowed to pseudo-tie into the RTO.

The MISO market was competitive in 2017, but the RTO should do more to address increasing congestion and low capacity prices, Monitor David Patton said.

PJM has again moved to dismiss the Potomac Economics complaint against its pseudo-tie construct, citing a recent court ruling.