Fellow Mortals Wildlife Hospital's dispute with American Transmission Co. (ATC) over its trees will go to trial after a judge this month denied the utility’s motion to dismiss the case.

The PJM Market Implementation Committee discussed rules for releasing excess capacity, a plan to “un-nest” operating parameters and spot-in transmission from NYISO.

The ERCOT Board of Directors is looking to stakeholders to improve its reliability-must-run (RMR) practices, as the grid operator sees real-time prices fall 26% in the first half of 2016.

PJM’s Operating Committee reviewed tightened metering requirements and approved sunsetting the Systems Information Committee, reassigning its responsibilities to the Data Management Subcommittee and the new Tech Change Forum.

PJM will hold a meeting Monday to seek stakeholder input on options for replacing the Con Ed-PSEG “wheel.” NYISO meeting in September.

MISO wants to end the White Pine SSR for Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, saying the ATC transmission reconfiguration will ensure reliability.

A federal judge in Southern California declined to dismiss a lawsuit alleging that CAISO unjustly deprived the Imperial Irrigation District  of its full export rights.

Less than a year after enjoying a 2-cent reduction in SPP’s administrative fee, the RTO’s members are now facing the prospect of a 4-cent hike for 2017.

Slow-moving regulators and utility procurement practices are hindering smart grid innovation, a panel of tech executives told the NARUC summer conference.

Staff from ERCOT and SPP began discussions to determine how to work together on Lubbock Power & Light’s (LP&L's) planned move to the ERCOT grid.