FERC needs to do more work to ensure Order 1000 opens transmission development to competition and results in interregional projects, developers said at Infocast’s 18th annual Transmission Summit last week.

MISO officials last week called Year One of MISO South a success but acknowledged room for improvement in crisis communications and unfulfilled potential.

A round-up of news from the MISO Board of Directors Markets Committee meeting on Feb. 25, 2015.

A round-up of news from the MISO Board of Directors meeting on Feb. 26, 2015.

MISO will have to adopt neighbor SPP’s cost allocation method for interregional transmission facilities addressing reliability needs, FERC said.

FERC approved changes to the SPP Tariff that clarify the circumstances under which market participants are able to modify their mitigated offers during the operating day.

David Cruthirds brings this report from the Gulf Coast Power Association’s Feb. 5 special briefing: “Challenges & Changes in Energy on the Bayou.” Among the topics discussed were Entergy’s growth plans, Year 1 in MISO South and the RTO’s ongoing seams battles.

The SPP Board of Directors elected Mike Ross as senior vice president of government affairs and PR and Malinda See as vice president of corporate services.

FERC approved SPP’s market-to-market coordination rules with MISO, after the two RTOs resolved an earlier dispute over the creation of flowgates.

SPP members last week approved spending $270 million on transmission improvements over the next five years but not before stakeholders expressed misgivings.