Parties filing comments with FERC on expanding interregional transfer capability mostly supported the concept, though opinions were split on how to get there.

FERC accepted an unexecuted facilities service agreement between SPP, Southwestern Public Service and Ponderosa Wind, finding it to be just and reasonable.

FERC rejected a complaint by three SPP members seeking to overturn the RTO’s decision last year to increase its planning reserve margin from 12% to 15%.

Western state regulators unanimously approved a revised charter for the Markets+ State Committee allowing additional states and Canadian provinces to join.

SPP has issued resource advisory for its balancing authority footprint May 8-9 because of an expected shortfall from wind resources and maintenance outages.

SPP approved the scope of a team formed to address resource adequacy challenges and endorsed the group’s plans for dealing with resource accreditation.

SPP members and its board have embraced an advisory group’s report on a fast-approach future grid and directing work to address the group’s recommendations.

MISO released details about how it will administer cost allocation on the $1 billion Joint Targeted Interconnection Queue portfolio of 345 kV projects.

Members of the California Assembly Utilities & Energy passed a bill to give CAISO independent governance but uniformly expressed their dislike of it as written.

FERC has approved SPP tariff revisions of resource adequacy requirements that would provide LREs with an alternative approach to deficiency payments.