The D.C. Circuit backed FERC's reversal of a waiver over SPP transmission upgrade costs, even though it resulted in a “free pass” for some system users.

The Northwest Power Pool will have to restructure its governance to obtain FERC approval for its proposed resource adequacy program, representatives said.

The Gulf Coast Power Association will revert to a virtual format for its annual fall conference as COVID cases and hospitalizations increase.

SPP staff are considering changes to the reports of the RTO's market-to-market activities with MISO that they share with stakeholders.

MISO and SPP have shared an early concept for cost allocation on joint transmission projects intended to ease the two’s crowded interconnection queues.

FERC has approved Tri-State's first major rate case since it became commission-jurisdictional, but member exit fees are still an issue.

R Street Institute's Devin Hartman discusses anti-competitive flaws in RTO transmission policy and ways to level the playing field to encourage innovation.

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.

SPP continues to spread its footprint with an announcement Tuesday that it will operate Northwest Power Pool’s resource adequacy (RA) program in the Western Interconnection. The RTO will work with NWPP and its RA participants to help develop, implement and operate the program. As a program operator, SPP will perform forward-showing and operations program functions, …

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SPP released a comprehensive report on the week of February's severe winter storm, calling it the most operationally challenging week in its 80-year history.