The Colorado Public Utilities Commission in December approved Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association’s Organized Wholesale Market application, finding that Tri-State’s expanded participation in the Southwest Power Pool Regional Transmission Organization is in the public interest.

The Board of Trustees for Texas public power utility GEUS has appointed Mark Stapp as Interim General Manager as the Board begins a search for a permanent General Manager.

Public Service Enterprise Group in late December announced that the New York State comptroller has given final approval of the extension of the operations services agreement with the Long Island Power Authority.

Vistra Corp. on Jan. 5 announced it has executed definitive agreements to acquire Cogentrix Energy, consisting of 10 modern natural gas generation facilities totaling approximately 5,500 MW of capacity. Cogentrix is indirectly owned by funds managed by Quantum Capital Group. The acquisition includes

The Midcontinent ISO on Jan. 6 announced a strategic collaboration with Microsoft “that sets a new industry benchmark for grid modernization and supports a reliable and resilient energy transition,” the grid operator said. “By combining MISO’s deep operational expertise with Microsoft Azure and

Trina Storage in December announced its expanding strategic partnership with Lightshift Energy, a U.S. developer, owner, and operator of energy storage systems. This partnership will deliver a portfolio greater than 1 GWh of energy storage projects across the United States.