FERC Chair Richard Glick made his first in-person visit to SPP’s headquarters last week, joining stakeholders for their regular quarterly governance meeting.

SPP has added its first international member in Canada’s SaskPower, seven years after the RTO’s first international transactions with the Canadian utility.

Western utilities interested in SPP’s RTO West offering released a study showing the grid operator’s expansion could produce huge annual savings.

Four Arizona entities have joined seven Pacific Northwest entities to support the next phase of SPP’s Markets+ development.

SPP’s Board of Directors approved stakeholders’ recommendation to issue a notification to construct a 345-kV double-circuit transmission project in New Mexico.

SPP set the energy Twitterverse on fire when it became the first regional grid operator to exceed 90% for the amount of renewable energy meeting demand.

Despite Texas PUC Commissioner Will McAdams' forceful opposition, SPP approved a measure granting local projects an opportunity for regional funding.

SPP staff and stakeholders are itching to return to in-person meetings, as evidenced by response rates to annual performance metrics.

SPP CEO Barbara Sugg briefed WECC’s Board of Directors last week on the RTO’s efforts in the Western Interconnection and potential benefits for stakeholders there, including full membership in SPP’s proposed RTO West. SPP operates as a reliability coordinator in parts of the West and is helping the Northwest Power Pool develop a multistate resource …

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February’s winter storm, which threw Texas and much of the Midwest into a deep freeze, remains a hot topic as seen at recent industry conferences.