SPP CEO Nick Brown told the board and Members Committee that a recent FERC-NERC report confirmed the RTO’s position on MISO’s use of its system.

SPP’s Board of Directors approved a package of recommendations intended to expand renewable energy, boost reliability and improve transmission planning.

SPP is stepping up its bid to offer market services in the Western Interconnection, with interested participants approaching the RTO for more details.

SPP continued its effort to modernize its cost-recovery processes last week, agreeing to replace its broad single rate schedule with four targeted ones.

SPP’s Holistic Integrated Tariff Team wrapped up the educational portion of its work and will now begin refining high-level recommendations to the board.

SPP’s Board of Directors approved a more than 8% reduction in the RTO’s administrative fee for 2019, although the fee is projected to rise again in 2020.

SPP directors, members, staff and other stakeholders took time out from the normal board week activities to honor two retiring directors.

SPP Board of Directors Chair Larry Altenbaumer unveiled a proposal to reduce the number of face-to-face meetings and add more executive sessions.

The SPP Board of Directors approved a Tariff change requiring non-dispatchable variable energy resources (NDVERs) to register as dispatchable (DVERs).

SPP’s Board of Directors was forced to table the appeal of a rejected revision request, cutting short the discussion when they realized the supporting documentation was not included in the background materials.