The Trump administration sided with utility witnesses on legislation to streamline approvals for managing vegetation near power lines on federal land.

SPP stakeholders endorsed a proposed interregional project to be developed in partnership with MISO, despite the project’s dim prospects.

FERC rejected SPP’s proposed Tariff revisions requiring load-responsible entities (LREs) to maintain sufficient capacity and planning reserves.

Clean Line Energy Partners filed a request for rehearing of the Missouri PSC's rejection of the company's Grain Belt Express transmission project.

Hurricane Harvey and its aftermath cut attendance to the Gulf Coast Power Association’s fourth annual SPP Regional Conference by nearly 20%.

Great Plains Energy has pulled back from its attempted acquisition of Westar Energy, recasting the move as a “merger of equals.”

NERC staff told SPP’s registered entities they have until Oct. 31 to submit their transfer requests to another Regional Entity.

FERC approved a settlement agreement granting five municipalities belonging to Missouri River Energy Services a 9.6% base return on equity.

Westar will pay a penalty of $180K for submitting inaccurate mitigated energy offer curves to SPP under a settlement with FERC’s Office of Enforcement.

U.S. grid operators, the ISOs and RTOs across the country, were well prepared for the first continent-wide total solar eclipse in nearly a century.