SPP CEO Barbara Sugg briefed WECC’s Board of Directors last week on the RTO’s efforts in the Western Interconnection and potential benefits for stakeholders there, including full membership in SPP’s proposed RTO West. SPP operates as a reliability coordinator in parts of the West and is helping the Northwest Power Pool develop a multistate resource …

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SPP accrued $13.25 million in market-to-market settlements from MISO for April, pushing its total to $146.63 million since the process began in 2014.

Xcel's Public Service Company of Colorado decided to delay its entry into CAISO's Western Energy Imbalance Market in order to re-examine its decision.

State regulatory staff working on SPP’s review of the RTO’s performance during the February winter storm said they are focusing on resource adequacy.

SPP stakeholders approved staff’s recommendation to withdraw a competitive transmission project that was opposed by the incumbent transmission owner, Evergy.

SPP's Markets and Operations Policy Committee discussed the RTO's generation interconnection backlog and its performance during February's cold snap.

SPP’s Strategic Planning Committee OK'd draft mission, vision and value-proposition statements, a step toward a new strategic plan.

The MISO-SPP joint targeted interconnection queue study has moved into its technical phase with a promise of more stakeholder involvement.

SPP is reviewing its response to the recent winter storm that swept through its footprint, leading to the RTO's first rolling blackouts.

SPP’s state regulators agreed on revisions to a package of recommendations, including one that prioritizes resolving rate pancaking.