SPP’s MOPC approved a revision request to comply with FERC guidance on the RTO’s disparate treatment of PTP and NITS during periods of redispatch.

The SPP Z2 Task Force conducted a series of votes to determine potential alternatives to the RTO’s cumbersome crediting system for transmission upgrades.

Stakeholders will vote on whether it’s worth debating the cost allocation for holders of firm transmission service reservations of more than 1,000 MW.

SPP has increased its membership roster to 95 with the addition of Southern Power, the wholesale arm of utility giant Southern Company.

The SPP Transmission and Economic Studies working groups met jointly April 3 to vote on staff’s re-evaluation of the 90-mile Potter-Tolk transmission line.

SPP and the Mountain West Transmission Group pitched the benefits of RTO membership in an open forum before Colorado’s Public Utilities Commission.

SPP staff have begun working on final report of the Export Pricing Task Force for delivery in July of this year.

The ERCOT organized electric market set a new record for wind penetration last week when it hit 50% at 3:50 a.m. March 23.

SPP's footprint may be expanding with the potential addition of the Mountain West Transmission Group, which would help the RTO offload excess wind energy.

PJM CEO Andy Ott and SPP CEO Nick Brown said that FERC Order 1000 is causing headaches while doing little to encourage transmission development.