The Great Plains Institute convened state officials and other stakeholders from across the Midwest for a one-day workshop exploring trends in SPP.

Texas Public Utility Commission (PUCT) Chair DeAnn Walker briefed her fellow commissioners on matters concerning SPP, MISO and FERC.

SPP’s Board of Directors and Members Committee approved a 1-cent increase in the RTO’s administrative fee and its 2018 budget.

SPP’s Regional State Committee will later this month begin taking a lead role in the integration of the Mountain West Transmission Group.

SPP and Mountain West Transmission Group representatives worked hard to allay concerns of Colorado regulators who fear they could lose some authority.

SPP began the public portion of integrating the Mountain West Transmission Group with a pair of lively stakeholder meetings in Colorado and Arkansas.

Mountain West Transmission Group said it has completed initial discussions about RTO membership with SPP’s management team and will begin public negotiations through its stakeholder process.

The SPP Regional State Committee unanimously agreed to leave the aggregate study’s safe harbor cost limit unchanged at $180,000/MW.

SPP announced it will dissolve its Regional Entity, in part because of the expansion of its RTO footprint, which no longer aligns with the RE’s territory.

SPP's Markets and Operations Policy Committee meeting in Denver drew record attendance because of the appearance of Mountain West Transmission Group.