Infocast’s first SPP and MISO Markets Summit attracted participants and industry representatives from the RTOs’ footprints for panel discussions.

AEP stock ended the week at $71.14/share, up $1.76, after it announced the cancellation of its Wind Catcher Energy Connection project.

The SPP MOPC agreed to create a task force to evaluate a proposal that would change the recovery mechanism for the RTO’s administrative fee.

The SPP Markets and Operations Policy Committee approved the Integrated Transmission Planning process’s 2018 near-term assessment portfolio.

FERC found that KCP&L Greater Missouri Operations’ proposed payment of dividends complies with the Federal Power Act.

The Missouri Supreme Court ruled that the PSC can approve Grain Belt Express without obtaining consent from each impacted county.

The SPP Market Monitoring Unit (MMU) reported that energy prices averaged about $23/MWh in the spring, despite higher loads.

MISO and SPP announced they plan to relax barriers that have prevented them from agreeing to develop interregional projects.

The Montana PSC’s order approving Hydro One’s acquisition of Avista includes several conditions designed to prevent the early closure of the Colstrip plant.

Tom Foreman, executive director of the Gulf Coast Power Association, announced his retirement from the organization, effective in December.