MISO and SPP prepared stakeholders last week for the possibility they may come up empty-handed in their hunt for smaller interregional transmission upgrades.

FERC sustained a previous order accepting an SPP tariff revision that sets a process allowing each transmission zone to develop a uniform planning criteria.

SPP has welcomed back ex-staffer Carrie Simpson to lead the continued development of its service offerings in the Western Interconnection.

SPP's SPC said the RTO’s tariff is based on a wholesale/retail regulatory regime & can handle the potentially interruptible load interested in interconnection.

SPP has posted its Markets+ draft service offering that lays out the RTO’s proposal to “modernize and enhance” the western grid’s operation.

The Western Markets Exploratory Group made a rare public presentation at CREPC-WIRAB of its behind-the-scenes work evaluating market options for the West.

SPP has added its first international member in Canada’s SaskPower, seven years after the RTO’s first international transactions with the Canadian utility.

Commissioners Mark Christie and James Danly addressed the pros and cons of the West’s pursuit of greater market coordination at the fall CREPC-WIRAB meeting.

MISO and SPP’s proposed cost allocation for their queue-relieving interregional transmission planning continues to create consternation among stakeholders.

Western utilities interested in SPP’s RTO West offering released a study showing the grid operator’s expansion could produce huge annual savings.