ERCOT welcomed 70% of Lubbock Power & Light’s load to its system, a culmination of six years of engineering work and regulatory approvals.

Tenaska filed a complaint over SPP’s network upgrade costs, challenging an unexpected $66 million increase added to its Clear Creek wind farm in Missouri.

SPP COO Lanny Nickell pointed to a lack of gas generation as the culprit behind the first load sheds in the grid operator’s history.

FERC ushered through three more unexecuted facilities service agreements (FSAs) between MISO, wind developers and transmission owners.

Utilities told New York officials that they agree with state suggestions on ways to improve their methodologies for calculating transmission headroom.

SPP said it expects normal conditions and no extreme operation situations within its balancing authority and reliability coordinator footprints this summer.

Utility wildfire experts told WECC that another expected year of hot, dry weather will increase the danger of major fires in the West.

PG&E faces criminal charges and wildfire liabilities not included in last year’s bankruptcy settlement, company officials said in an earnings call.

BPA will this summer join the ranks of Western transmission providers adopting a public safety power shutoff plan to prevent wildfires.

CAISO stakeholders are still wary of the new proposed wheel-through provisions the ISO has submitted to FERC for clarity on the complex issue.