Search
December 5, 2025

SPP Markets+ Participants Executive Committee (MPEC)

SPP
Panel Approves SPP Markets+ Phase 2 Governance Transition

The panel of SPP board members overseeing the development of Markets+ has approved the governance transition plan for the construction phase of the day-ahead market. 

© RTO Insider
After Hitting Milestones, Markets+ Participants Advance on Phase 2

Markets+ stakeholders will have little opportunity to ease up in coming months despite a wave of favorable developments for the market.

 
SPP
FERC Approves SPP’s Funding Plans for Markets+
FERC approved SPP’s $150 million funding agreement for Markets+ and the funding mechanisms under which the RTO will finance the implementation phase of the market’s development.
© RTO Insider
SPP Appoints New Director of Seams and Western Services

SPP has appointed Jim Gonzalez as its new senior director of seams and Western services, in what will be a highly visible position in the RTO as it continues to develop Markets+ ahead of its expected launch in 2027.

© RTO Insider LLC
SPP Pushes Back on Western Market Delays
Three independent SPP board members providing oversight of the RTO’s Markets+ development in the West have called for policy- and decision-makers to allow the process to “follow its natural course.”
© RTO Insider LLC 
SPP Dispels Concerns over Markets+ Deficiency Letter
SPP assuaged potential Markets+ participants that FERC's deficiency filing and other recent developments have not hindered its commitment to Western expansion.
SPP
SPP Markets+ Stakeholders Prep Tariff for Approval
Potential participants in SPP’s Markets+ day-ahead offering have endorsed another batch of tariff revisions in preparation for a March filing at FERC.
© RTO Insider LLC
SPP Markets+ Participants Executive Committee Briefs: Jan. 23-24, 2024
Stakeholders have discussed the likelihood that there may be two day-ahead markets in the West, CAISO’s Extended Day-ahead Market and SPP’s Markets+ and/or RTO West.
SPP
SPP’s MPEC Approves Markets+ Governance Plan
SPP met a major milestone in its Western efforts as a Markets+ committee approved the day-ahead market’s proposed governing document.
© RTO Insider LLC
SPP Markets+ Stakeholders Begin Tariff’s Development
Potential SPP Markets+ participants democratically endorsed the first pieces of the day-ahead market’s tariff, acquiring a taste of the grid operator’s stakeholder process at the same time.

Want more? Advanced Search