SPP’s transmission buildout, interregional processes, new generation resources and cyber threats highlighted the Gulf Coast Power Association 3rd annual SPP Regional Conference.

The SPP Market Monitoring Unit filed its 2015 State of the Market report with FERC, saying the Integrated Marketplace’s second year of operation showed “significant maturing.”

SPP’s engineering staff updated members on the RTO’s current regional and interregional transmission studies during an engineering summit.

The PUCT granted ERCOT and SPP a 5-week extension before reporting back on how they'll study Lubbock Power & Light’s move to ERCOT.

Two Arkansas landowner groups filed suit to block the 700-mile HVDC Plains & Eastern Clean Line project, questioning the legality of the project’s approval and its right to use eminent domain.

The Southwest Power Pool (SPP) nears the launch of the new gas-day timeline and enhanced combined cycle software as stakeholders approve a minimum threshold for competitive projects under Order 1000.

SPP and MISO are inching closer to agreement on a second joint transmission study on their seams, though they continue to disagree how “targeted” a targeted study should be.

SPP said it was concerned about the potential impacts of firm flow entitlement exchanges with MISO on its transmission congestion rights markets.

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.