SPP staff and stakeholders lauded former CEO Nick Brown in a virtual retirement ceremony.

SPP’s Market Monitoring Unit released the final version of its 2019 State of the Market report and a study on improving issues across the MISO seam.

SPP is extending its suspension of business travel and face-to-face meetings until at least Aug. 1, which may ensure longer beards seen in RTO webinars.

SPP’s Board of Directors approved the first two revision requests stemming from the Holistic Integrated Tariff Team’s work.

SPP CEO Barbara Sugg assured stakeholders the RTO is taking careful steps to reopen while the pandemic still rages, making clear it will be a slow process.

FERC rejected generator interconnection agreements with four wind farms filed by SPP, finding that the RTO had not shown them to be just and reasonable.

SPP’s effort to stand up the Western Energy Imbalance Service market is on budget and on schedule, RTO staff told the Western Markets Executive Committee.

SPP's MOPC endorsed a revision request that would eliminate Z2 revenue credits for sponsored transmission upgrades despite concerns of a regulatory defeat.

SPP Board Chair Larry Altenbaumer asked the Strategic Planning Committee for an education session on congestion hedging following stakeholder disagreement.

SPP stakeholders approved the initial set of protocols that will guide the RTO’s Western Energy Imbalance Service market in the Western Interconnection.