Stakeholders gave MISO leadership mixed signals on what they expect from seams policy, though they agreed the RTO shouldn’t strive for exacting consistency in how it deals with different neighbors.

FERC ordered MISO and SPP to make additional Tariff changes to comply with the transparency requirements of Order 844 while approving PJM’s filing.

The Texas PUC formally approved Rayburn Country Electric Cooperative’s request to move about 12% of its load and transmission facilities from SPP into ERCOT

SPP told stakeholders it will have to make decisions on potential interregional projects in the 2019/20 coordinated system plan before hearing from MISO.

The Western Electricity Coordinating Council continued to deal with issues related to this year’s reliability coordinator transition at its board of directors meeting.

FERC rejected GridLiance High Plains’ plans to acquire transmission from People’s Electric Cooperative, finding the company failed to prove the transaction would not have an adverse impact on rates.

SPP celebrated the fifth anniversary of its wholesale market by noting it had produced the nation’s lowest electricity costs.

FERC reversed a waiver it had issued to SPP on Attachment Z2 of its Tariff and directed it to provide refunds of credit payment obligations, with interest.

State regulators are bringing in the MISO and SPP market monitors to help solve seams issues between the two RTOs.

SPP and MISO staff and stakeholders recommended performing a coordinated system plan in 2019-20 to study 6 possible sites for transmission projects.