Shareholders voted overwhelmingly Monday to approve the $12.2 billion acquisition of Westar Energy (NYSE:WR) by Great Plains Energy (NYSE:GXP).

The PUCT accepted a proposal from ERCOT and SPP staff on coordinating their separate studies on Lubbock Power & Light’s planned move.

Marcus Hawkins, formerly a senior engineer in the Division of Regional Energy Markets at the Wisconsin PSC, has joined the Organization of MISO States as its director of member services and advocacy.

FERC directed further compliance filings from Entergy regarding its annual bandwidth filing and from MISO for Tariff revisions related to demand response.

FERC said MISO can continue doling out refunds to Wisconsin utilities, upholding the RTO’s new cost allocation methodology for three system support resource power plants in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.

FERC has brushed aside a complaint brought forward by two companies about Ameren Illinois’ annual informational formula rate update and true-up

The NextEra Energy (NYSE:NEE) bid to acquire Oncor may have to navigate some choppy waters with the Public Utilities Commission of Texas (PUCT).

An executive for power plant developer Competitive Power Ventures (CPV) was among those named in a broad bribery indictment by federal authorities on Thursday.

ERCOT will continue its reliability must-run agreement with NRG Energy’s Greens Bayou Unit 5 after a solicitation produced no viable alternatives.

The Valley Electric Association board of directors approved an agreement to sell the cooperative’s 230-kV transmission network to GridLiance for about $200 million.