Xcel Energy (NYSE:XEL) has upped the ante in the Lubbock Power & Light (LP&L) bid to disconnect from SPP and join ERCOT in 2019.

A short but expensive transmission line in Frisco, Texas, finally received state regulatory approval.

The Texas PUC unanimously agreed to deny all motions for rehearing in Hunt Consolidated’s proposed acquisition of Oncor.

CFTC said it is amending its order exempting RTOs from certain provisions of the Commodity Exchange Act to clarify that it does not bar private rights of action.

The PUCT agreed to wait until no later than June 10 before determining whether to grant a rehearing on its decision to allow Hunt’s acquisition of Oncor.

With its effort to convert its Oncor T&D utility into a REIT foundering, Energy Future Holdings filed a new bankruptcy plan.

A roundup of orders related to SPP that FERC issued last week at its open meeting.

The Texas PUC's order would split Oncor into two companies, one of which would operate as a real estate investment trust.

The ERCOT board remanded to the TAC a proposal to pay lost opportunity costs to generators ordered to ramp down for grid reliability.

The Integrated System expands SPP's footprint to 14 states, adding the Dakotas and parts of Iowa, Minnesota, Montana and Wyoming.