Electric cooperatives accused FERC of overstepping its authority by opening proceedings that could force refund obligations on nonpublic utilities, while MISO and SPP asked the commission to let them work out the issue in stakeholder proceedings.

CFTC issued a final order clarifying that RTO transactions are not subject to private rights of action.

The SPP Markets and Operations Policy Committee (MOPC) rejected a rule change that would have allowed transmission owners to collect interest in billing disputes, even if they lose.

SPP stakeholders once again took up the issue of Z2 waivers at last week's MOPC, and once again, the discussion was lively.

Kansas City Power & Light’s proposal for addressing SPP transmission cost shifts led to a free-wheeling discussion on transmission pricing and the unintended consequences of proposed Tariff changes at the Strategic Planning Committee meeting Thursday.

The SPP Strategic Planning Committee endorsed the Competitive Transmission Process Task Force’s recommendations for improving the competitive solicitation process for transmission projects under FERC Order 1000.

The SPP Strategic Planning Committee discussed behind-the-meter generation and the Lubbock migration to ERCOT.

The SPP Markets and Operations Policy Committee endorsed a 41% increase in a delayed 345-kV project along the Red River in southeastern Oklahoma as reasonable and reset the project’s baseline.

The Southwest Power Pool wholesale electricity markets have reduced electricity costs by more than $1 billion since 2014, the RTO announced.

The Southwest Power Pool Exit Study Task Force, formed to provide technical support and advice regarding the Lubbock Power & Light move to ERCOT, conducted its first meeting last week.