SPP’s Board of Directors approved the RTO’s third competitive transmission project, awarding a 345-kV line’s construction to NextEra Energy Transmission.

SPP is searching for ways to advocate change in the natural gas industry following the latter's role in February’s disastrous winter storm outages.

SPP says that consolidating its transmission planning processes would save $9 million annually and produce a more holistic view of its transmission needs.

SPP released a comprehensive report on the week of February's severe winter storm, calling it the most operationally challenging week in its 80-year history.