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.

The Southwest Power Pool wholesale electricity markets have reduced electricity costs by more than $1 billion since 2014, the RTO announced.

MISO's forward capacity auction proposal was approved by the Board of Directors' Markets Committee, setting up a FERC filing expected in three weeks.

PUCO rejected the FirstEnergy (NYSE:FE) request for a $558 million annual subsidy for eight years, awarding only $132.5 million annually for three years.