The $1.6 billion Joint Targeted Interconnection Queue transmission portfolio of SPP and MISO remains in play even though the Department of Energy has reneged on almost a half billion dollars in funding.

SPP staff have reiterated their position to defer part of the RTO's planned 765-kV transmission overlay, setting aside about $7 billion in regional projects from its 2025 transmission assessment.

FERC terminated a show-cause proceeding against SPP and accepted the RTO’s proposal to revise its collateral requirements for financial transmission rights by including an additional re-marking mechanism for seasonal products.

The U.S. Department of Energy has terminated 321 grants totaling $7.56 billion for 223 projects, apparently targeting Democratic-leaning states.

SPP says accelerating load projections will result in a 2025 transmission plan that dwarfs the previous year’s record $7.65 billion portfolio — so much so that it is considering deferring some projects until 2026.

SPP named Tim Vigil, chief member relations and strategy officer for Pacific Northwest Generating Cooperative, as director of the Market Monitoring Unit’s office dedicated to Markets+.

FERC directed SPP to submit a compliance filing for its proposal to unwind credit payment obligations assessed under Attachment Z2 of the SPP tariff for transmission service taken from 2008 to 2016.

Former SPP COO Carl Monroe's decades of outreach to Western Interconnection entities are evident in the RTO's various markets and service offerings in the West.

SPP says it has cleared its backlog of generator interconnection requests that date back to 2018, paving the way for a transition to its “first-in-the-country” Consolidated Planning Process.