SPP stakeholders endorsed the RTO’s latest transmission planning assessment but also withheld approval of a 345-kV, double-circuit project in West Texas.

MISO and SPP's joint targeted interconnection queue study turned up the first transmission projects that could help generation interconnect near the seams.

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.

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

SPP raked in another $27.87 million in market-to-market settlements from MISO during December and January, pushing its total to $168.11 million.

SPP’s average hourly load was off 7% last fall from the previous two years, the RTO’s MMU said in its latest quarterly State of the Market report.

MISO said it will approach SPP about improving the processes underpinning affected system studies in response to stakeholders’ persistent calls for change.

SPP and MISO regulators would like to see the RTOs improve seams relations by resolving rate pancaking and adding a smaller interregional project category.

MISO and SPP staff began putting meat on the bones of their joint transmission study, much to the satisfaction of stakeholders.

The heads of MISO and SPP stood on common ground to discuss seams issues during the Organization of MISO States annual meeting.