FERC rejected a request by SPP and its load-serving entities to rehear its order that eliminated the RTO’s membership exit fee for non-transmission owners.

FERC said SPP’s proposal to add “load-serving entity” and “non-load-serving entity” to its membership agreement became effective due to its lack of quorum.

SPP may ask FERC to lower its exit fee in response to the commission’s April order that the RTO eliminate the fee for members who are not TO or LSEs.

CAISO’s summer load forecast predicts an abundance of hydroelectric power but sees constraints on its natural gas supplies.

In an assessment of this year’s load forecast, MISO told load-serving entities they could do more to support their individual forecasts with documentation.

MISO proposed bringing the three major players in its load forecasting together to coordinate on predictions for long-term transmission planning.

A new proposal would require MISO load-serving entities to develop a 20-year base load forecast that includes predictions for non-coincident peaks.

MISO has called off a proposal to rely on data from its load-serving entities to compile its own long-term load forecast.

SPP’s winter real-time prices increased 4.6% from the previous year, according to the Market Monitoring Unit’s latest quarterly State of the Market report.

MISO Advisory Committee members criticized the RTO’s plan to revamp load forecasting using projections from load-serving entities.