SPP stakeholders are pondering the use of incremental long-term congestion rights to help solve some of the complexity with the RTO’s Z2 crediting process.

FERC denied San Diego Gas & Electric’s (SDG&E) request for rehearing of an order that limited the amount the utility can be reimbursed.

PJM is seeking stakeholder feedback as it considers a redesign of the Transmission Expansion Advisory Committee. 

An SPP task force hopes to recommend one of six options for handling $114 million in upgrades under Tariff Attachment Z2 to the Markets and Operations Policy Committee next month.

The two newest SPP stakeholder groups are taking a look at the future, while also stepping almost a decade into the past to resolve the sticky issue of Tariff Attachment Z2.

California and CAISO must significantly upgrade its transmission system to meet its target of generating 50% of its electricity from renewable resources.

The SPP Board of Directors agreed to give transmission customers an extra 50 months to pay their Z2 bills while also creating a new task force to address complaints of members.

Interstate Power joined MidAmerican Energy in protesting the GIA that MISO filed for the Marshalltown Generating Station in Iowa.

A FERC administrative law judge will attempt to settle TransSource’s complaint against PJM concerning the costs of three network upgrades that the company says are being inflated by transmission owners.