Shareholders voted overwhelmingly Monday to approve the $12.2 billion acquisition of Westar Energy (NYSE:WR) by Great Plains Energy (NYSE:GXP).
FERC ruled against a proposal by MISO and ITC Holdings that would have allocated the costs of phase angle regulating transformers to PJM and NYISO.
Marcus Hawkins, formerly a senior engineer in the Division of Regional Energy Markets at the Wisconsin PSC, has joined the Organization of MISO States as its director of member services and advocacy.
FERC said MISO can continue doling out refunds to Wisconsin utilities, upholding the RTO’s new cost allocation methodology for three system support resource power plants in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.
The MISO Planning Advisory Committee discussed the second draft of the 2016 Transmission Expansion Plan report and a draft scope for the Regional Transmission Overlay Study.
Stakeholders support the MISO push to revise its cost allocation process for market efficiency projects, but their suggested approaches are a mixed bag.
FERC has brushed aside a complaint brought forward by two companies about Ameren Illinois’ annual informational formula rate update and true-up
MISO will file a revised set of interconnection queue changes with FERC on Oct. 21, and this time it says it has “overwhelming” stakeholder support for the changes.
FERC upheld MISO’s plan to integrate qualifying facilities into Entergy’s footprint, rejecting a rehearing request by Occidental Chemical.
MISO unveiled its preliminary 2016 Transmission Expansion Plan at a meeting of the System Planning Committee of the Board of Directors.