American Transmission Systems Inc., a unit of FirstEnergy Corp. (FE), said that it has signed an agreement to join PJM Interconnection LLC. The integration into PJM is expected to be complete on June 1, 2011, to coincide with delivery of power under the next competitive generation procurement process for FirstEnergy's Ohio companies and Penn Power.
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued an order approving the integration was issued yesterday and contained the terms required for the move.
ATSI's transmission assets are located within the footprint of FirstEnergy's Ohio and Pennsylvania Power utilities. The assets currently are operated by the Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator.
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