The inability of Midwestern grid operators to recover quickly from extreme winter weather drew customer anger, along with scrutiny from regulators.

SPP joined ERCOT in initiating rolling blackouts Monday as the entire Midwest experiences an unprecedented winter storm.

Extreme winter weather has placed much of the country’s heartland in a deep freeze and has MISO, SPP and ERCOT scrambling to meet anticipated record demand.

SPP said it will schedule a special Board of Directors meeting to consider Evergy’s request to restudy a competitive project in southeastern Kansas.

FERC’s directive to open wholesale markets to aggregations of DERs is forcing states to consider more holistic system planning.

FERC rejected GridLiance High Plains’ proposal to conduct local transmission planning for nonpublic SPP utilities outside of the company’s service territory

SPP’s average hourly load was off 7% last fall from the previous two years, the RTO’s MMU said in its latest quarterly State of the Market report.

MISO’s plan to extend payment arrangements for market participants that use the Midwest-to-South transmission path is destined for settlement proceedings.

Utilities are hoping their participation in SPP's WEIS market will be the "first step" to full RTO membership.

The SPP Board of Directors formally recognized the MOPC’s revamped structure by approving the revised scopes for the committee’s various subgroups.