SPP has expanded its electric grid management from eight to 14 states, adding more than 5,000 MW of peak demand and 9,500 miles of transmission lines in the Great Plains.

A round-up of news from the PJM Operating Committee on June 9, 2015.

A round-up of news from the PJM Transmission Expansion Advisory Committee on June 11, 2015.

A round-up of news from the PJM Market Implementation Committee on June 10, 2015.

A round-up of news from the PJM Planning Committee on June 11, 2015.

FERC rejected requests by two PJM generators seeking the recovery of “stranded” natural gas costs incurred during the polar vortex last year.

The second transmission line proposed to bring Canadian hydropower into the Northeast under Lake Champlain has advanced with the release of its draft environmental impact statement.

Connecticut environmental officials are at odds with utility regulators over whether the state should seek cleanup of an abandoned power plant as a condition for Iberdrola’s acquisition of UIL Holdings.

MISO and its Transmission Owners sector have raised doubts about the eligibility of some municipal transmission owners that are seeking an RTO adder.

This week's FERC and federal briefs include news on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Environmental Protection Agency, fracking and Congress.