SPP awarded its first competitively bid transmission project under Order 1000 -- but it may not be built because of declining load forecasts.

FERC accepted revisions to SPP’s joint operating agreement with Western Area Power Administration-Upper Great Plains Region.

MISO staff are recommending that two joint MISO-SPP committees not develop a coordinated study this year, rather they should improve their processes first.

The SPP MOPC asked staff to re-evaluate whether two transmission projects should have their need dates accelerated given wind energy growth.

Sen. John Boozman introduced legislation that would force the CFTC to grant SPP the same broad regulatory exemptions the commission granted other RTOs.

A summary of issues discussed by the SPP Markets and Operations Policy Committee on April 12 to 13.

Only a few months away from revising its transmission planning process, SPP is continuing to work under the old ITP format.

SPP members voted last week to reduce the RTO’s planning reserve margin to 12% from the current 13.6%.

SPP set yet another wind penetration record, surpassing ERCOT, while the Seams Steering Committee agreed to a joint transmission study with MISO.

The SPP Market Monitoring Unit released its State of the Market report for the winter months, and the RTO and AECI began their biennial study proc