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.

CREPC wants to advise and advocate for Western states considering organized markets, similar to OPSI's role in PJM.

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.

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.

Four Arizona entities have joined seven Pacific Northwest entities to support the next phase of SPP’s Markets+ development.

Seven Western entities have now expressed support for participating in the next phase of SPP's market development in the Western Interconnection.

The California State Legislature passed a resolution requesting that CAISO report on efforts to create an RTO in the West and its potential benefits.

The Bonneville Power Administration has said it will become the first western utility to formally commit to funding development of SPP’s Markets+ in the West.

SPP and Western entities interested in the RTO’s Markets+ “RTO light” offering continued to inch toward each other during another development session.