Lubbock Power & Light filed testimony with the Texas PUC (PUCT) in support of its proposal to move about 430 MW of load from SPP into ERCOT.

Power prices surged along with demand across much of the U.S. as a blast of Arctic air sent temperatures plunging to record lows.

MISO’s 2018 to-do list includes continuing efforts to expand energy storage participation and extensive software upgrades.

PJM has a lot on its plate for 2018, including an ongoing effort to change its capacity market structure, the DOE NOPR and gas-electric coordination.

The Dec. 21 FERC order requiring SPP to help fast-start resources set LMPs added one more to-do for the RTO in what is shaping up to be a busy 2018.

ERCOT enters 2018 facing new questions, as the growth in wind energy has begun threatening not only coal but also less efficient natural gas-fired generation.

MISO won FERC permission to expand its mitigation measures on narrowly constrained areas to address intense but temporary congestion.

PJM’s initiative to internalize all generator payments moved forward at the MRC when stakeholders endorsed the RTO’s proposal to examine price formation.

CAISO’s Department of Market Monitoring discussed the ISO’s third-quarter market results with participants.

FERC dropped its plan for a one-size-fits-all rule on fast-start pricing, instead issuing individual orders requiring PJM, SPP and NYISO to change their tariffs.