SPP has increased its membership roster to 95 with the addition of Southern Power, the wholesale arm of utility giant Southern Company.

Solar photovoltaic resources can provide ancillary services in a way comparable to conventional generating resources, according to a study released by CAISO.

FERC rejected proposed SPP Tariff revisions, saying they would unfairly favor network transmission customers over point-to-point customers in how the RTO awards congestion rights.

This week's company briefs include news on Mississippi Power, Exelon, Cisco Systems, Duke Energy, and others.

MISO asked FERC to dismiss a complaint alleging it billed more than $21 million in excessive transmission rates, saying Southern Co. misinterpreted its Tariff.

Southern Co. and three Missouri utilities told FERC that MISO has billed them more than $21 million in excessive transmission rates since Entergy joined the RTO in December 2013.

Witnesses from the Southeast generally expressed far more concern than their counterparts in the Northeast during FERC’s technical conference on the EPA Clean Power Plan.

This week, we welcome David Cruthirds to the RTO Insider team with his first of hopefully many columns, providing insight into MISO and Southern Co.

NC WARN asked FERC to force Duke and other utilities in the Southeast to form a RTO to share power reserves, rather than keep building new plants and boosting prices to pay for them.

FERC granted MISO’s request to suspend action on long-term TSRs between its north and south regions as it tries to resolve its seams dispute with SPP.