FERC ordered ordered Section 206 proceedings in MISO and SPP, questioning the RTOs’ failure to require nonpublic TOs to provide refunds in the manner it requires of public utility owners.

SPP executives had “inappropriate” involvement in the oversight of its Market Monitoring Unit (MMU), FERC says in an audit report that calls for changes.

The 1st competitive SPP project under FERC Order 1000, approved by the BOD with some fanfare in April, is being cancelled due to falling demand projections. 

More than five hours of presentations and stakeholder discussions over two days did little to resolve SPP’s albatross of Z2 credits.

The SPP Markets and Operations Policy Committee refused to take action on AEP and OG&E’s revision request to remove the day-ahead limited must-offer.

The SPP Seams Steering Committee can expect to soon see a final scope of the next planned joint transmission study with MISO.

Recommendations to streamline SPP’s transmission planning process won unanimous approval from the Strategic Planning Committee and MOPC.

Coal generation's share of SPP’s energy production continues to slide, according to the RTO’s latest State of the Market report.

A former lawyer, Martha Peine, spent years disputing AEP (NYSE:AEP) rate filings at FERC all by herself and won a $4.2 million refund for ratepayers.

FERC said SPP improperly clawed back overpayments last year based on its reinterpretation of its bylaws before the rules were officially changed.