FERC approved requests by MISO, SPP and PJM to delay their Order 2222 compliance filings by up to nine months.

Vistra said that it will idle units at its coal- and gas-fired Joppa Power Plant next year, three years earlier than planned.

The MISO-SPP joint targeted interconnection queue study has moved into its technical phase with a promise of more stakeholder involvement.

MISO has developed a rough idea of how it might manage dynamic transmission line ratings should FERC begin to require them. 

February's cold snap set MISO’s winter peak this year but didn’t unseat the grid operator’s all-time winter demand record, stakeholders learned.

The Colorado PUC discussed the potential benefits of interstate transmission planning, while the Senate is reviewing a bill requiring RTO membership.

MISO staff and stakeholders clashed in front of board members on whether the RTO’s proposed capacity accreditation design should move forward.

MISO executives issued dire warnings about the possible fallout if the grid operator doesn’t pursue big ticket transmission projects in its footprint.

MISO, SPP won’t do a major interregional transmission study in 2021; they are focusing on a joint targeted interconnection queue study.

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.