CAISO, ISO-NE and NYISO look to be the pacesetters in opening the country’s organized electricity markets to greater participation by DERs.

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.

ERCOT staffers and stakeholders gathered to hear advice from the RTOs that have already implemented real-time co-optimization in their markets.

FERC established briefing procedures for MISO and SPP as it investigates “overlapping and duplicative” congestion charges on pseudo-tie transactions.

A roundup of FERC's orders issued at the commission's open meeting Sept. 19, 2019.

FERC told MISO, PJM and SPP their joint operating agreements don’t provide enough clarity on how the RTOs’ handle generator interconnections along seams.

The SPP Board of Directors accepted staff’s recommendation to budget $9.5 million to develop and stand up the Western Energy Imbalance Service market.

The Texas PUC moved a step closer to approving the construction of two 345-kV transmission lines moving about 70% of Lubbock’s load from SPP to ERCOT.

Sadness over the recent death of Robert Kahn suffused this year’s NIPPC annual meeting, where speakers remembered and praised the energy veteran.

The SPP Seams Steering Committee discussed last month's level 1 energy emergency alert and, the RTO's 3rd unsuccessful attempt to partner with MISO.