The Montana PSC’s order approving Hydro One’s acquisition of Avista includes several conditions designed to prevent the early closure of the Colstrip plant.

Tom Foreman, executive director of the Gulf Coast Power Association, announced his retirement from the organization, effective in December.

FERC ordered settlement judge procedures over Westar Energy’s tariff revisions updating its transmission and distribution loss factors.

The Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) set a hearing for Oct. 16-17 on Rayburn Country Electric Cooperative’s proposed transfer from SPP to ERCOT.

The SPP Regional Entity will cease all compliance monitoring and enforcement activities at the close of business Friday.

SPP staff told stakeholders that the RTO will not conduct a joint transmission planning study with Associated Electric Cooperative Inc. this year.

FERC denied a rehearing request of its November 2017 order on remand regarding transmission cost allocation in the WestConnect planning region.

American Electric Power announced that Louisiana’s Public Service Commission (LPSC) has approved its proposed mammoth Wind Catcher project.

MISO said it will revise its regional cost-sharing practices for interregional projects with SPP to match its process for PJM seams projects.

MISO says it will seek to alter SPP’s practice of levying unreserved transmission use penalties on MISO load-serving entities.