Great Plains Energy (NYSE:GXP), the parent of Kansas City Power and Light (KCP&L), is buying Westar Energy (NYSE:WR) for $8.6 billion.

The MISO Advisory Committee retired the Stakeholder Governance Working Group after the group concluded modifications on the governance guide.

MISO presented a plan to address FERC’s order (a response to a NIPSCO complaint) in an ongoing dispute over its seam with PJM.

Xcel Energy (NYSE:XEL) has upped the ante in the Lubbock Power & Light (LP&L) bid to disconnect from SPP and join ERCOT in 2019.

Dynegy (NYSE:DYN) announced legislation that would move Central and Southern Illinois from MISO into PJM.

New generation and a rebound in hydroelectric capacity means healthy operating reserve margins for California this summer.

A short but expensive transmission line in Frisco, Texas, finally received state regulatory approval.

MISO will partner with the U.S. Department of Energy's ARPA-E for the RTO’s inaugural Market Symposium Aug. 18-19 in Indianapolis.

Independent Market Monitor David Patton asked MISO’s Board of Directors to suspend the RTO’s work on the proposed redesign of its capacity auction.

ISO-NE will issue more than $20 million in refunds to resources that were prevented from reducing their capacity offers in FCA 1.