SPP staff have opened a discussion with stakeholders into affordability and the grid operator’s proposed region-wide approach to improve decision-making and keep affordability as a key focus.

FERC’s approval of SPP’s Markets+ funding agreement and its recovery mechanism came as backers of the Western centralized day-ahead market were meeting with the snow-capped Rockies as a backdrop.

SPP's Markets and Operations Policy Committee has endorsed the last of 21 recommendations made by a task force that reviewed the RTO's transmission and market operations last decade.

SPP stakeholders approved a tariff revision that creates a one-time study outside the grid operator’s normal planning process, helping load-responsible entities meet their resource adequacy requirement.

FERC has accepted SPP’s proposed compliance revisions to its Markets+ tariff that clarify five minor issues.

MISO and SPP staff asked for input on a joint system study in 2025 during their annual transmission issues evaluation with their Interregional Planning Stakeholder Advisory Committee, which was only too happy to comply.

Retiring SPP CEO Barbara Sugg ascended to the top of her profession with an image of a very accomplished person confident in her abilities, despite her negative inner voice.

The Gulf Coast Power Association has awarded its former executive director, Kim Casey, the 2025 Power Star Award in recognition of her contributions to Texas’ competitive energy markets.