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

The SPP Market Monitor asked FERC to reject a proposal that would bar the RTO from canceling commitments of gas-fired generators if they are not needed.

SPP could comply with the EPA’s Clean Power Plan through a $45/ton carbon adder and 7.8 GW of additional generation, most of it wind, the RTO said.

Stakeholders from MISO and SPP they are developing the framework for an interstate trading platform to comply with the EPA Clean Power Plan.

FERC rejected an SPP proposal to review the information that transmission owners include in their initial revenue requirement filings after joining the RTO.

FERC last week accepted revised transmission formula rate protocols by four SPP and MISO utilities that had deficient protocols.

FERC said last week that SPP must engage in interregional coordination and cost allocation with SERTP, rejecting the RTO’s request for a limited waiver of Order 1000 requirements.

FERC needs to do more work to ensure Order 1000 opens transmission development to competition and results in interregional projects, developers said at Infocast’s 18th annual Transmission Summit last week.

MISO officials last week called Year One of MISO South a success but acknowledged room for improvement in crisis communications and unfulfilled potential.

A round-up of news from the MISO Board of Directors Markets Committee meeting on Feb. 25, 2015.