The SPP board approved a Tariff revision that incorporates a refund obligation for the RTO's nonpublic transmission-owning utility members.

The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed the Kansas Corporation Commission’s appeal of a 2015 FERC ruling over formula rates.

Xcel Energy reported fourth-quarter earnings of $189 million ($0.37/share), down 16.7% from the same period last year.

Lubbock’s City Council and Electric Utility Board both approved a settlement agreement in the LP&L move from SPP to ERCOT.

NERC’s Board of Trustees voted to dissolve the SPP Regional Entity by terminating the RTO’s regional delegation agreement.

FERC issued several orders last week regarding SPP and its members, including Missouri River Energy Services and Tri-County Electric Cooperative.

The SPP Regional State Committee tasked its Cost Allocation Working Group with drafting a report on new members' (such as Mountain West) impact on existing cost allocation.

Southwest Public Service withdrew its appeal of a rejected revision request, saying it was satisfied with SPP’s direction to address reporting behind-the-meter load.

FERC ordered a technical conference on how PJM, MISO and SPP coordinate generator interconnection studies on projects near their seams.

SPP CEO Nick Brown told the RTO’s board and Members Committee that NERC is proposing it replace SERC as the compliance monitoring authority for the RTO.