FERC accepted an uncontested settlement agreement between SPP and NIPCO over the latter’s annual transmission revenue requirement.

SPP stakeholders once again took a crack to resolve a weighty issue in determining how futures will be considered in the RTO’s 2021 transmission plan study.

FERC accepted SPP Tariff revisions implementing recommendations from the RTO’s stakeholders on fast-start resources and ramping products.

PJM, CAISO and SPP took a step closer to the full implementation of Order 841 with FERC’s partial acceptance of their Tariff revisions.

A summary of the numerous orders FERC issued at its July 16, 2020, open meeting.

SPP’s Strategic Planning Committee unanimously endorsed the RTO's Strategic Market Roadmap for 2020, designed to improve market efficiency, reliability and price formation.

MISO, PJM and SPP are close to meeting FERC’s transparency requirements around affected-system studies, but their compliance filings still need fine-tuning.

FERC approved SPP’s proposal to eliminate revenue credits for sponsored transmission upgrades under Attachment Z2 and replace them with incremental long-term congestion rights.

SPP is facing a two-month delay in gaining FERC approval of the Tariff for its Western Energy Imbalance Service market, staff said.

Xcel Energy subsidiary Southwestern Public Service has completed a major $400 million transmission project in Texas and New Mexico.