The SPP Seams Steering Committee welcomed two new members, while the RTO set another record for wind generation.

SPP officials and stakeholders the RTO's plethora of wind energy, the search for a new Market Monitoring Unit director and Mountain West Transmission Group.

FERC approved SPP’s new rules for how it commits and pays “multi-configuration” combined cycle plants.

The Southwest Power Pool Z2 Task Force does not appear close to a solution for replacing its bedeviling crediting system for transmission upgrades.

Xcel Energy reported fourth-quarter revenue of $2.8 billion, up from $2.65 billion a year ago, but short of the expected $3.5 billion.

SPP’s Regional State Committee (SPP RSC) accepted a working group’s proposal to leave unchanged their safe-harbor thresholds.

FERC rejected SPP’s proposed method for measuring generators’ reactive power, saying it said would result in excessive and unnecessary costs.

Southwest Power Pool members elected 40-year industry veteran Mark Crisson to the RTO’s Board of Directors Tuesday, expanding the board to 10 members.

NextEra boosted its adjusted earnings by 5% in the fourth quarter and 11% for all of 2016, despite falling short of investor expectations on both measures.

AEP reported fourth-quarter operating earnings of 67 cents/share, up almost 40% from a year earlier.