Minnesota regulators approved a PPA between Xcel Energy and a 200-MW Iowa wind farm that the utility says is the “last good-priced” wind in MISO.

SPP’s Board of Directors approved a transmission plan that will result in an estimated $545 million in projects over the next six years.

Google, the world’s ubiquitous search engine, made its SPP membership official at October’s Markets and Operations Policy Committee meeting.

Google gained a foothold in the MISO system as the RTO’s Board of Directors approved a subsidiary’s membership application.