Louisville Gas & Electric Co. (LG&E) and Kentucky Utilities Co. (KU) have filed an application at FERC under which the two LG&E Energy subsidiaries will withdraw from membership in the Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator (MISO).

LG&E and KU at the same time want FERC to sign off on their plan to have the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) serve as a reliability coordinator for the companies and the Southwest Power Pool (SPP) to act as tariff administrator for their transmission system. SPP will serve as the companies’ independent transmission organization (ITO).

In the Oct. 7 filing at FERC, LG&E and KU ask FERC to accept certain rates for filing under Federal Power Act (FPA) Section 205, including the removal and withdrawal of the companies from the agreement of...