The SPP Regional State Committee unanimously agreed to leave the aggregate study’s safe harbor cost limit unchanged at $180,000/MW.

SPP made another effort to revise its transmission-zonal placement process, but once again came up short when the board sustained its earlier rejection.

American Electric Power (AEP) plans to build a 2,000-MW wind farm and accompanying high-voltage, interstate transmission line.

SPP announced it will dissolve its Regional Entity, in part because of the expansion of its RTO footprint, which no longer aligns with the RE’s territory.

SPP's Markets and Operations Policy Committee meeting in Denver drew record attendance because of the appearance of Mountain West Transmission Group.

SPP is confronting the possibility that as much as 1,300 MW of additional load could leave its system.

SPP is accepting applications from industry experts for an independent panel reviewing the RTO’s 2018 competitive transmission construction proposals.

The SPP Z2 Task Force will likely be a relic of the past, but the issues with credits and obligations for sponsored transmission upgrades aren’t going away.

The SPP Strategic Planning Committee directed RTO staff to move forward with a high-priority congestion study that earlier failed to gain traction.

SPP transmission owners overwhelmingly endorsed voting items favorable to their companies, much to the consternation of other members.