Columnist Steve Huntoon criticizes a recent NRDC op-ed that denounces PJM for seemingly favoring natural gas-fired plants over renewable resources.

FERC accepted SPP’s proposal to refine its generator interconnection procedures by instituting a three-stage study process.

The Organization of MISO States issued a set of principles intended to guide the RTO’s approach to long-term transmission planning.

The EPA's relaxed emission rules for coal-fired generation is almost irrelevant to some of the country's largest public power companies.

SPP may ask FERC to lower its exit fee in response to the commission’s April order that the RTO eliminate the fee for members who are not TO or LSEs.

FERC rejected contested settlements filed by SPP regarding annual transmission revenue requirements for two cooperatives.

SPP has raised the stakes in what could shape up to be a long-term competition to win over the Western electricity market one service at a time.

SPP collected $1.65 million in M2M payments from MISO in April, pushing the total to $62.5 million since the two RTOs began the process in March 2015.

FERC directed SPP to make Tariff changes to allow fast-start resources to set clearing prices, saying its current rules are not just and reasonable.

The SPP Market Monitoring Unit's quarterly State of the Market report for the winter includes a discussion of several weather events.