SPP has welcomed back ex-staffer Carrie Simpson to lead the continued development of its service offerings in the Western Interconnection.

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.

Colorado utility Platte River Power Authority is the latest Western utility to express intent to evaluate participation in SPP's RTO West.

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 CREPC-WIRAB spring meeting focused on regional markets and transmission planning in the West, including FERC's recent transmission planning NOPR.

A group of Western utilities plans to help SPP develop its Markets+ program in the West and to examine the benefits of joining it or CAISO's day-ahead market.

SPP says its Markets+ day-ahead offering in the Western Interconnection is on track to be completed by the end of the year.

SPP said it plans to close its Western Energy Imbalance Service, with members joining either its proposed Markets+ program or its Western RTO.

SPP has laid out its clearest explanation yet of its five-year plan to expand its presence and establish an RTO in the Western Interconnection.

SPP’s Board of Directors approved the RTO’s third competitive transmission project, awarding a 345-kV line’s construction to NextEra Energy Transmission.