President Trump’s new tariff on imported solar cells and modules will slash domestic solar output and wipe out tens of thousands of jobs, a major solar trade industry association said.

Texas regulators concluded two days of hearings on Lubbock Power & Light’s proposal to move 70% of its load from SPP to ERCOT.

SPP’s Strategic Planning Committee decided it will respond to FERC’s request for a definition of “resilience,” rather than turning the effort over to a task force.

SPP told members how it will respond to the FERC order that found the RTO was suppressing investment signals by not allowing quick-start resources to set LMPs.

The number of state officials and utilities announcing actions because of the Tax Cut and Jobs Act signed by President Trump last month keeps growing.

The integration of the Mountain West Transmission Group into SPP is on track to meet its October 2019 consummation timeline.

SPP’s Markets and Operations Policy Committee continued to hash through the difficulties of reporting behind-the-meter load.

SPP’s Markets and Operations Policy Committee unanimously approved adding a major maintenance cost in mitigated start-up and no-load offers.

FERC approved the request from SPP to issue price corrections and resettlements stemming from the OPPD retirement of its Fort Calhoun nuclear plant.

Another wave of arctic cold in the South has ERCOT and SPP revising their winter peak records.