The SPP Board of Directors approved staff’s recommendation that it authorize construction for a 21-mile 115-kV line from Walkemeyer to North Liberal as part of a reliability solution in southwestern Kansas.

A summary of measures and issues discussed at the SPP Board of Directors/Members Committee meeting on April 28, 2015.

The SPP Board of Directors rejected a recommendation to create a short-term reliability unit commitment study as part of the intra-day RUC process.

PJM is considering changing its day-ahead market schedule in response to FERC's April 16 ruling revising the interstate gas nomination timeline.

SPP’s Markets & Operations Policy Committee approved new rules on how mitigated offers will be calculated for generators that fail market power tests.

SPP staff’s recommendation that the RTO approve a 21-mile 115-kV line from Walkemeyer to North Liberal as part of a reliability solution in southwestern Kansas failed to win stakeholder endorsement.

A round-up of news from the SPP Markets & Operations Policy Committee on April 14-15, 2015.

FERC rejected LS Power’s request for rehearing on SPP Order 1000 procedures and accepted the RTO’s December compliance filing.

SPP’s next 10-year transmission plan will consider three future scenarios to assess the potential impact of EPA’s Clean Power Plan.

Grand River Dam Authority (GRDA); operators of an Oklahoma coal-fired generator seeking a temporary reprieve from EPA's MATS rule won an assist from FERC.