Regulatory hurdles remain for Tri-State G&T, despite FERC's acceptance of the cooperative's controversial exit-fee methodology for its members.

FERC has opened a Section 206 proceeding against Tri-State G&T following complaints that its proposed exit-fee requirements are unjust and unreasonable.

FERC stuck to its ruling approving Tri-State G&T’s transitional process for interconnection customers, overriding rehearing requests by solar developers.

FERC rejected Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association’s proposed procedural requirements for members seeking to withdraw from the cooperative.

CAISO’s Western EIM notched another milestone as it welcomed the country’s largest municipal utility and extended its border to include much of New Mexico.

Utilities are hoping their participation in SPP's WEIS market will be the "first step" to full RTO membership.

FERC accepted Tri-State G&T’s Tariff modifications to its large generator and small generation interconnection procedures and its proposed queue reform.

FERC ruled that Tri-State G&T has only partially complied with Orders 845 and approved Basin Electric Power Cooperative’s revised market-based rate tariff.

Tri-State G&T filed its first ERP with the Colorado Public Utilities Commission, building on the Responsible Energy Plan it unveiled last year

SPP signaled it may be on the verge of further expanding its footprint, as several Western utilities are committed to evaluating membership.