The SPP Board of Directors elected Mike Ross as senior vice president of government affairs and PR and Malinda See as vice president of corporate services.

FERC approved SPP’s market-to-market coordination rules with MISO, after the two RTOs resolved an earlier dispute over the creation of flowgates.

SPP members last week approved spending $270 million on transmission improvements over the next five years but not before stakeholders expressed misgivings.

SPP will change the way it calculates offer caps for generators under market mitigation in a “design approach” approved last week by the MOPC.

MISO has asked FERC for a rehearing of its order requiring the RTO to modify the way it calculates the hurdle rate for determining whether to allow power flows between its north and south regions.

SPP is seeking FERC approval for a revised Tariff that the RTO says will more accurately screen generators for market power abuses.

This week, we welcome David Cruthirds to the RTO Insider team with his first of hopefully many columns, providing insight into MISO and Southern Co.

Demand response and advanced meters are continuing to grow but progress is uneven, with some regions showing reductions, according to a new report by FERC.

Depressed coal stockpiles have led to increases in MISO’s off-peak power prices and the cost impacts could increase with a repeat of last winter’s severe cold, officials said last week.

FERC granted MISO’s request to suspend action on long-term TSRs between its north and south regions as it tries to resolve its seams dispute with SPP.