FERC Enforcement opened 12 new investigations and negotiated two settlement agreements worth $14.4 million in penalties and disgorgements in FY19.
NYISO’s Management Committee voted unanimously to recommend that the Board of Directors approve Tariff changes to speed up the interconnection process.
FERC ruled six utilities have partially complied with Order 845, an initiative to increase the transparency and speed of the interconnection process.
FERC dismissed a complaint from the NYPA that alleged it was not responsible for PJM’s charges after a transmission facility relinquished withdrawal rights.
FERC dismissed a second round of complaints over overlapping pseudo-tie congestion charges between MISO and PJM.
NERC has certified SPP’s reliability coordination offering in the Western Interconnection, allowing the RTO to offer those services effective Dec. 3.
FERC rejected a pair of complaints from the Louisiana PSC related to a dispute over how Entergy previously allocated production costs among its companies.
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio denied AEP’s request to recover costs from ratepayers for proposed wind and solar projects totaling 900 MW.
LS Power is urging Virginia officials to intervene in Dominion Energy’s solicitation for a 1,500-MW peaking plant, saying the process stifles competition.
MISO renewable proponents want to revamp a transmission planning process they say inhibits the development of generation in the western region.