Michael Desselle, SPP vice president and chief compliance and administrative officer, is retiring after 18 years with the RTO and 40 in the industry.

SPP directors and regulators have approved the grid operator’s first winter planning reserve margin, endorsing a base PRM that is 3 percentage points higher than many of its utilities wanted.

SPP’s membership has elected Stuart Solomon and Irene Dimitry to three-year terms on its independent Board of Directors.

Three weeks after it was unable to agree on a recommended developer for a competitive upgrade in New Mexico, SPP’s Board of Directors endorsed an industry expert panel’s initial direction.

SPP’s Board of Directors and its state regulators endorsed congestion-hedging improvements that have been years in the making, accepting staff’s recommendation to approve a package of eight proposals.

SPP’s Board of Directors rejected an industry panel’s recommendation to award a competitive project in New Mexico, leaving staff and members unsure of next steps.

SPP continues to make a misnomer out of the "Southwest" portion of its name, expanding its beachhead in the Western Interconnection along several fronts.

FERC Chair Richard Glick made his first in-person visit to SPP’s headquarters last week, joining stakeholders for their regular quarterly governance meeting.

SPP’s Board of Directors has sided with staff in approving an increase of the RTO’s planning reserve margin to 15%, effective next year.

SPP and its members have agreed to boost the reserve margin to 15% but remain at odds over the timing of the increase following "contentious" MOPC discussions.