ERCOT will add about 9,300 MW of additional capacity by 2019, relieving concerns that the grid’s reserve margins would drop as load continued to grow.

FERC approved SPP’s request to correct and resettle $13.1 million of transmission-service invoices dating back to 2009.

Thanks to some of the nation’s largest wind resources, ERCOT, MISO and SPP have all set new wind generation records this fall.

ERCOT released its final winter assessment, indicating it has more than sufficient generation to meet an anticipated peak demand of 57,400 MW.

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ERCOT released an updated analysis of the Clean Power Plan’s impacts on the Texas grid’s reliability, saying the rule could result in the retirement of at least 4,000 MW of coal-fired generation.

Lubbock Power & Light’s recent announcement it was planning to take 400 MW of SPP load and join ERCOT hung heavy over the Strategic Planning Committee last week.

SPP staff will urge the MOPC to recommend approval of just one of three interregional projects coming out of the coordinated system plan study.

The Integrated System expands SPP's footprint to 14 states, adding the Dakotas and parts of Iowa, Minnesota, Montana and Wyoming.

Bradley C. Jones will take over as CEO of NYISO on Oct. 12, as the New York power market faces a proposed overhaul led by the state’s governor and utility regulators.