PUCT agreed to take up SPS and SPP's joint request to determine whether Texas law includes a right of first refusal that overrides FERC Order 1000.

The SPP Board of Directors sided with stakeholders’ recommendation to cancel a major 345-kV line but promised a new congestion study.

The SPP Markets and Operations Policy Committee discussed the logistics of adding Mountain West Transmission Group and MMU recommendations.

SPS and SPP have asked the PUC of Texas (PUCT) to rule on whether Texas law includes a right of first refusal that overrides FERC Order 1000.

The PUCT granted the Lubbock Power & Light request to delay a decision on who will pay for studies related to their planned move to the ERCOT grid.

A roundup of orders related to SPP that FERC issued last week at its open meeting.