Vistra's CEO said the company's gas resources will find a home when ERCOT redesigns its market in response to the February winter storm.

By Tom Kleckner Two members of SPP’s Regional State Committee (RSC), Republican utility commissioners Randy Christmann of North Dakota and Kristie Fiegen of South Dakota, won re-election to their seats Tuesday night. Christmann is the projected winner against Democratic challenger Jeannie Brandt. With 95% of the precincts reporting, Christmann had...

Oklahoma Corporation Commission Chair Dana Murphy came up short Tuesday in her bid to become the state’s lieutenant governor, losing a runoff for the Republican nomination. Murphy visits with SPP Director Harry Skilton | © RTO Insider Murphy was bested by former state GOP Chairman Matt Pinnell, who received 58.1%...

By Tom Kleckner LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — As the chair of SPP’s Regional State Committee in 2015, Oklahoma Corporation Commission (OCC) Chair Dana Murphy would, without fail, compliment her fellow committee members, regulatory and SPP staff, and other stakeholders for their efforts, no matter how small. But that’s just Dana...

  ‘Terrific Year’ for NextEra American Electric Power beat Wall Street’s expectations with a positive yearend earnings report last week, but CEO Nick Akins spent much of a conference call with analysts focused on its Public Service Company of Oklahoma (PSO) subsidiary and its rate case before state regulators. Akins referred...

 By Peter Key Although electric utilities will see their tax rate fall from 35% to 21% under the Tax Cut and Jobs Act signed by President Trump last month, few are making plans to spend their savings. State officials across the country are calling for utilities to pass the savings...

By Tom Kleckner OGE Energy hopes that a proposed legislative review of the Oklahoma Corporation Commission will relieve some of the company’s frustration regarding the regulator. The state Senate in April unanimously approved a bill to create an executive-level task force to examine the OCC’s structure, mission, budget and staffing.

Lucerne Valley Residents Oppose SoCalEd Renewable Energy Project Southern California Edison is attempting to sooth the concerns of Lucerne Valley residents who are seeing red over a project to move renewable energy generated from northern states to the Western region, which requires construction of new capacitors near their homes and...

ARKANSAS EPA Finalizes State’s Regional Haze Plan EPA has finalized a federal implementation plan for compliance with its Regional Haze Rule for the state, but regulators and at least one generator say they may appeal the decision. The final rule calls for increased emissions control at three coal-fired plants and...

Riverside County Looks to Create Power Supplier Riverside County officials are advancing a plan to create an alternative retail electricity supplier that would supplant Southern California Edison in unincorporated areas of the county. The officials say that the community choice aggregator, which would purchase power directly from producers, would allow...