Staff from ERCOT and SPP began discussions to determine how to work together on Lubbock Power & Light’s (LP&L's) planned move to the ERCOT grid.

This week's state briefs include news on California, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Montana, Nevada, North Carolina, North Dakota and others.

FERC declined to begin an enforcement action under PURPA on behalf of Allco Finance and its unit Windham Solar in Connecticut.

CAISO released a revised set of principles for governing a Western RTO in a bid to convince skeptics that an expanded ISO will be amenable to the entire region.

New England states are moving ahead with their own greenhouse gas reduction programs while EPA’s Clean Power Plan remains in legal limbo.

The 1st competitive SPP project under FERC Order 1000, approved by the BOD with some fanfare in April, is being cancelled due to falling demand projections. 

MISO closed its request for proposals on the Duff-Coleman 345-kV transmission project in Southern Indiana on July 6, reviewing "robust" number of proposals.

FERC directed staff to begin an investigation of alleged illegal tree-cutting along the New York section of the Constitution Pipeline route.

Utah lawmakers plan to draft a bill requiring PacifiCorp to gain legislative approval before joining an RTO based on an expanded CAISO.

At the Northeast Energy and Commerce Association (NECA) Annual Environmental Conference last week, panelists discussed the presidential election.