FERC allowed MISO and SPP to use a predictive flow factor process to correct overlapping congestion charges between the two on pseudo-tied loads and resources.

NWPP took its first steps implementing its Western Resource Adequacy Program, allowing participants to submit resource data for a “nonbinding” phase.

Representatives of FERC, MISO, the Kansas Corporation Commission and Pattern Energy discussed interregional transmission planning at the CLEANPOWER conference.

SPP staff and stakeholders are itching to return to in-person meetings, as evidenced by response rates to annual performance metrics.

A Colorado PUC report found that joining an organized wholesale electricity market could save the state’s utilities $50 million to $230 million annually.

FERC settled two disputes over waivers from SPP’s generator interconnection procedures, approving one, denying the other, with Mark Christie dissenting on both.

OGE Energy and CenterPoint Energy have completed their sale of their Enable Midstream Partners gas-gathering partnership to Energy Transfer Partners.

FERC approved a consent agreement between its Office of Enforcement and Golden Spread Electric Cooperative over charges of market manipulation.

FERC and NERC released their final report on February's winter storms and the resulting mass outages, with recommendations for future preparedness.

SPP accrued $21.65 million in market-to-market settlements with MISO during August and September, pushing the total to an all-time high of $183 million.