SHARED-BASED COMPENSATION	6 Months Ended
SHARED-BASED COMPENSATION	Jun. 30, 2016
Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract]
SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION	SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION Long-Term Incentive Plan Grants On May 19, 2016, pursuant to the 2015 Long-Term Incentive Plan, we granted 453,219 shares of restricted stock. Holders of outstanding restricted stock have all the rights of a holder of common stock of ITC Holdings, including dividend and voting rights. Restricted stock holders receive cash dividends at each dividend payment date. The restricted stock shares generally vest three years after the grant date. Holders of restricted shares generally may not sell, transfer or pledge their respective shares until vesting occurs. Stock Option Exercises We issued 378,250 and 1,203,376 shares of our common stock during the six months ended June 30, 2016 and the year ended December 31, 2015, respectively, due to the exercise of stock options.

The entire disclosure for compensation-related costs for equity-based compensation, which may include disclosure of policies, compensation plan details, allocation of equity compensation, incentive distributions, equity-based arrangements to obtain goods and services, deferred compensation arrangements, employee stock ownership plan details and employee stock purchase plan details.