FERC rejected SPP’s proposed cost allocation for its seams project with Associated Electric Cooperative Inc.

SPP stakeholders endorsed a proposed interregional project to be developed in partnership with MISO, despite the project’s dim prospects.

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.

SPP staff have begun working on final report of the Export Pricing Task Force for delivery in July of this year.

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.

SPP stakeholders agreed to amend a two-year-old policy paper and clarify when FERC approval would be needed for cost allocation towards some seams projects.

The Southwest Power Pool (SPP) says it has successfully implemented system changes required by FERC Order 809, improving gas-electric coordination.

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

MISO and the SPP Seams Steering Committee have ended months of uncertainty by agreeing to a second joint system study.

SPP and AECI stakeholders unanimously endorsed the scope for their biennial joint system planning study; will focus on "pre-determined problem areas."