Sen. John Boozman introduced legislation that would force the CFTC to grant SPP the same broad regulatory exemptions the commission granted other RTOs.

A summary of issues discussed by the SPP Markets and Operations Policy Committee on April 12 to 13.

Only a few months away from revising its transmission planning process, SPP is continuing to work under the old ITP format.

SPP members voted last week to reduce the RTO’s planning reserve margin to 12% from the current 13.6%.

SPP set yet another wind penetration record, surpassing ERCOT, while the Seams Steering Committee agreed to a joint transmission study with MISO.

The SPP Market Monitoring Unit released its State of the Market report for the winter months, and the RTO and AECI began their biennial study proc

GridLiance closed its acquisition of Tri-County Electric Cooperative's ~410 miles of 69- and 115-kV transmission lines and related substation infrastructure.

The Southwest Power Pool Regional Entity (SPP RE) trustees elected Dave Christiano as their new chairman during a special board meeting.

MISO stakeholders say they do not expect perfect procedures at the seams with neighboring balancing areas, but they do want the RTO to implement reforms.

FERC granted Southwest Power Pool's (SPP) request to resettle past bills outside of the 365-day limit in its Tariff.