The Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) set a hearing for Oct. 16-17 on Rayburn Country Electric Cooperative’s proposed transfer from SPP to ERCOT.

The SPP Regional Entity will cease all compliance monitoring and enforcement activities at the close of business Friday.

SPP staff told stakeholders that the RTO will not conduct a joint transmission planning study with Associated Electric Cooperative Inc. this year.

FERC denied a rehearing request of its November 2017 order on remand regarding transmission cost allocation in the WestConnect planning region.

American Electric Power announced that Louisiana’s Public Service Commission (LPSC) has approved its proposed mammoth Wind Catcher project.

MISO said it will revise its regional cost-sharing practices for interregional projects with SPP to match its process for PJM seams projects.

MISO says it will seek to alter SPP’s practice of levying unreserved transmission use penalties on MISO load-serving entities.

WAPA said it has submitted a formal request to SPP for reliability coordinator services on behalf of two of its balancing authorities.

FERC approved the SPP May 2016 proposal to change how it measures the net benefits of demand response under Order 745.

SPP said it is accepting applications for industry experts to serve on a fourth independent panel to review Order 1000 transmission proposals in 2019.