SPP members voted last week to reduce the RTO’s planning reserve margin to 12% from the current 13.6%.

SPP set yet another wind penetration record, surpassing ERCOT, while the Seams Steering Committee agreed to a joint transmission study with MISO.

The SPP Market Monitoring Unit released its State of the Market report for the winter months, and the RTO and AECI began their biennial study proc

GridLiance closed its acquisition of Tri-County Electric Cooperative's ~410 miles of 69- and 115-kV transmission lines and related substation infrastructure.

The Southwest Power Pool Regional Entity (SPP RE) trustees elected Dave Christiano as their new chairman during a special board meeting.

MISO stakeholders say they do not expect perfect procedures at the seams with neighboring balancing areas, but they do want the RTO to implement reforms.

FERC granted Southwest Power Pool's (SPP) request to resettle past bills outside of the 365-day limit in its Tariff.

MISO planners are considering a study on the benefits of expanding flows on the constrained transmission interface linking the RTO’s North and South sub-regions.

SPP continues to set records for wind penetration, nearing ERCOT's national record of 45.14%.

SPP and MISO staff told stakeholders a memorandum of understanding between the two RTOs will solve most remaining problems with their M2M process.