Preliminary results of the MISO and SPP '16 coordinated system study are in, and the RTOs say one project has potential, but it fails MISO’s cost threshold.

The odds of SPP and MISO conducting a second joint study dropped as the RTOs’ reviews are not lining up. Plus the Z2 Task Force is narrowing alternatives.

SPS and SPP have asked the PUC of Texas (PUCT) to rule on whether Texas law includes a right of first refusal that overrides FERC Order 1000.

After SPP set the wind penetration record for North American RTOs, recent studies found that it has the potential to serve 75% of its load with wind.

At 4:30 a.m. Sunday morning, SPP’s footprint generated 11,419 MW of wind energy at the same time its load was 21,919 MW.

The SPP Seams Steering Committee welcomed two new members, while the RTO set another record for wind generation.

FERC approved SPP’s new rules for how it commits and pays “multi-configuration” combined cycle plants.

The Southwest Power Pool Z2 Task Force does not appear close to a solution for replacing its bedeviling crediting system for transmission upgrades.

SPP’s Regional State Committee (SPP RSC) accepted a working group’s proposal to leave unchanged their safe-harbor thresholds.

FERC rejected SPP’s proposed method for measuring generators’ reactive power, saying it said would result in excessive and unnecessary costs.