A task force developing cost allocation rules for Southwest Power Pool (SPP) seams projects identified outside the FERC Order 1000 interregional process agreed to take another crack at crafting language more agreeable to stakeholders and staff.

The two newest SPP stakeholder groups are taking a look at the future, while also stepping almost a decade into the past to resolve the sticky issue of Tariff Attachment Z2.

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.

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.

FERC is giving until Sept. 2 to provide comments on recommended changes to Order 1000 following a June technical conference.

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.

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.