Xcel Energy, the largest member of the Mountain West Transmission Group (MWTG), said that it is withdrawing from the group and its efforts to join SPP.

A group of SPP members have asked the Board of Directors to reconsider its decision to move forward with the Mountain West Transmission Group integration until “there is more consensus.“

The Colorado Public Utilities Commission held its fifth public information session on the potential addition of the Mountain West Transmission Group to SPP.

The SPP Board of Directors and Members Committee on Tuesday approved a set of conditions that will guide the pending membership of Mountain West Transmission Group into the RTO.

SPP has scheduled an executive session of its board and Members Committee to discuss admitting Mountain West Transmission Group members.

The SPP Regional State Committee tasked its Cost Allocation Working Group with drafting a report on new members' (such as Mountain West) impact on existing cost allocation.

FERC Commissioner Cheryl LaFleur visited the Colorado Public Utilities Commission and discuss the Mountain West Transmission Group’s desire to join SPP.

The integration of the Mountain West Transmission Group into SPP is on track to meet its October 2019 consummation timeline.

The Dec. 21 FERC order requiring SPP to help fast-start resources set LMPs added one more to-do for the RTO in what is shaping up to be a busy 2018.

The Energy Imbalance Market (EIM) expanded its footprint and ambitions in 2017 while new suitors lined up to compete with CAISO as the vehicle for a Western RTO.