The SPP Board of Directors approved a 9.1% increase in the RTO's administrative fee and the ITP 10-year assessment, while honoring retiring directors.

SPP’s Regional State Committee endorsed the elimination of revenue credits for sponsored transmission upgrades and the transmission planning assessment.

SPP’s Market and Operations Policy Committee unanimously approved staff recommendations to revise the SPP-MISO Coordinated System Plan.

FERC accepted Tariff revisions to streamline SPP’s Integrated Transmission Planning (ITP) process, despite opposition from wind developers.

The SPP Board of Directors sided with stakeholders’ recommendation to cancel a major 345-kV line but promised a new congestion study.

The SPP Markets and Operations Policy Committee discussed the logistics of adding Mountain West Transmission Group and MMU recommendations.

The SPP Transmission and Economic Studies working groups met jointly April 3 to vote on staff’s re-evaluation of the 90-mile Potter-Tolk transmission line.

The SPP Seams Steering Committee welcomed two new members, while the RTO set another record for wind generation.

SPP has added new markets for its members and extended its footprint to the Canadian border in the process.

A summary of issues discussed by the SPP Board of Directors and Members Committee at their quarterly and annual meetings, including the 2017 ITP10 and the enhanced combined-cycle project.