FERC last week rejected the MISO attempt to exempt external generators from interconnection queue milestone payments, saying the fees should be applied equally to all.

The SPP Strategic Planning Committee endorsed the Competitive Transmission Process Task Force’s recommendations for improving the competitive solicitation process for transmission projects under FERC Order 1000.

FERC last week agreed to consider whether reporting deficiencies concealed market manipulation that contributed to the Western Energy Crisis of 2000-2001.

The SPP Strategic Planning Committee discussed behind-the-meter generation and the Lubbock migration to ERCOT.

This week's state briefs include news on Arizona, California, Illinois, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, New York and others.

This week's FERC and federal briefs include news on U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs).

The SPP Markets and Operations Policy Committee endorsed a 41% increase in a delayed 345-kV project along the Red River in southeastern Oklahoma as reasonable and reset the project’s baseline.

Members of the MISO Board of Directors last week expressed support for increasing their pay and relaxing their independence requirements, saying the changes were needed to ensure the RTO can attract strong candidates.

The NRC Inspector General last week issued his annual report on the agency’s most serious management and performance challenges, highlighting concerns over cybersecurity, reactor inspections and licensing.

CAISO is seeking ways to ensure that the EIM governing body and participants, havea say in ISO policies that affect the EIM.