A summary of news out of SPP's Seams Steering Committee and the MISO-SPP Interregional Planning Stakeholder Advisory Committee.

The SPP Board of Directors and members approved the nomination of three new representatives to the Members Committee and bylaw changes.

The SPP Board of Directors sided with stakeholders’ recommendation to cancel a major 345-kV line but promised a new congestion study.

SPP officials and stakeholders the RTO's plethora of wind energy, the search for a new Market Monitoring Unit director and Mountain West Transmission Group.

Southwest Power Pool members elected 40-year industry veteran Mark Crisson to the RTO’s Board of Directors Tuesday, expanding the board to 10 members.

The SPP Board of Directors approved a 13.2% increase in the RTO’s administrative fee and a 6.6% boost in its budget for 2017.

The Southwest Power Pool Board of Directors and Members Committee decided to take no further action on the contentious Z2 crediting issue.

Southwest Power Pool CEO Nick Brown said during his president’s report that cybersecurity issues will be SPP's biggest challenge in 2017.

The SPP Board of Directors agreed to give transmission customers an extra 50 months to pay their Z2 bills while also creating a new task force to address complaints of members.

Less than a year after enjoying a 2-cent reduction in SPP’s administrative fee, the RTO’s members are now facing the prospect of a 4-cent hike for 2017.