FERC rejected a pair of separate rehearing requests by SPP members related to the RTO’s assignment of network upgrade charges under tariff Attachment Z2.

Is there an EV in every future driveway? Yes, says an Ohio policy group that contends EV use will lower electric rates if the right policies are developed now.

FERC last week approved penalties against utilities in the footprints of ReliabilityFirst, MRO, and WECC for violations of NERC reliability standards.

Reversing FERC, the D.C. Circuit ruled that developers of the abandoned PATH transmission line must refund $6 million spent to influence public officials.

FERC allowed MISO and SPP to use a predictive flow factor process to correct overlapping congestion charges between the two on pseudo-tied loads and resources.

FERC approved an inquiry into how reactive power capability should be compensated in the face of changing conditions on the nation’s electricity grid.

Xcel Energy CEO Bob Frenzel said there is little space between he and his predecessor, Ben Fowke, when it comes to the clean energy transition.

AEP said it has entered into an agreement to sell Kentucky Power to Algonquin Power & Utilities' Liberty Utilities for $2.85 billion.

NextEra Energy stressed importance of new transmission and support of RTOs during its second-quarter earnings call with financial analysts.

Columnist Steve Huntoon says a proposal by PJM TOs to rate base network upgrades and charge generators formula rates would harm new wind and solar.