Regulatory Status Report - SPP

Regulatory Status Report

FERC or State Jurisdiction: FERC

10-1227 SPP Filing of FERC Form 1

On November 24, 2010, SPP submitted its FERC Form 3-Q, Quarterly Financial Report, forthe third quarter of 2010.

AD10-5 RTO/ISO Performance Metrics

On October 21, 2010, Commission Staff issued its report on ISO/RTO Performance Metrics.

On December 6, 2010, the six ISOs/RTOs submitted the 2010 ISO/RTO Metrics Report, whichreflects the content outlined in the October 21, 2010 Commission Staff Report on ISO/RTOPerformance Metrics, as applicable and as information is available for each entity. TheISOs/RTOs combined their data and narratives into one report.

AD11-1 Reliability Monitoring, Enforcement and Compliance Issues

On October 1, 2010, FERC issued a Notice of Technical Conference to explore issuesassociated with reliability monitoring, enforcement and compliance, as announced in theCommission’s order issued September 16, 2010 that accepted the North American ElectricReliability Corporation’s initial assessment in Docket No. RR09-7-000 of its performance asthe nation’s Electric Reliability Organization (ERO), and performance by the Regional Entities,under their delegation agreements with the ERO.

The Technical Conference will be held on November 18, 2010, from 1 PM to 5 PM EST.

On November 2, 2010, FERC issued an agenda for the November 18, 2010 TechnicalConference.

On November 18, 2010, a Technical Conference was held to explore issues associated withreliability monitoring, enforcement and compliance, as announced in the Commission’s orderissued September 16, 2010 that accepted the North American Electric ReliabilityCorporation’s initial assessment in Docket No. RR09-7-000 of its performance as the nation’sElectric Reliability Organization ("ERO"), and performance by the Regional Entities, undertheir delegation agreements with the ERO.

On November 23, 2010, FERC issued a Notice Allowing Post-Technical ConferenceComments. Comments are due December 9, 2010.

Several entities submitted post-technical conference comments concerning the November 18,2010 Technical Conference to explore issues associated with reliability monitoring,enforcement and compliance, as announced in the Commission’s order issued September 16,2010 that accepted the North American Electric Reliability Corporation’s initial assessment inDocket No. RR09-7-000 of its performance as the nation’s Electric Reliability Organization(ERO), and performance by the Regional Entities, under their delegation agreements with theERO.

AD11-6 Priorities for Addressing Risks to the Reliability of the Bulk-Power System

On December 16, 2010, FERC issued a Notice of Technical Conference. The technicalconference will be held on February 8, 2011, to discuss policy issues related to reliability ofthe Bulk-Power System, including priorities for addressing risks to reliability.

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CE10-178 Edmundo O. Toro's Request for Critical Energy Infrastructure Information - PNE WINDUSA, Inc.

On November 23, 2010, FERC issued a Notice of Intent to Release.

CE10-179 Clark Williams's Request for Critical Energy Infrastructure Information - City ofPiedmont, Oklahoma


CE10-180 Bernardo Fernandes's Request for Critical Energy Infrastructure Information - SiemensPTI, Inc. (SPP Consultant)

On October 15, 2010, FERC issued a Notice of Intent to Release.

CE10-186 Arthur Patrick's Request for Critical Energy Infrastructure Information - LS PowerDevelopment, LLC


CE10-198 Frank Bergh's Request for Critical Energy Infrastructure Information - Nordex-USA


CE10-199 Paul McCoy's et. al Request for Critical Energy Infrastructure Information

On August 31, 2010, Paul McCoy, et al., President of Trans-Elect Development Co., LLC, andon behlaf of Atlantic Grid Development Co., LLC filed a FERC CEII request to obtain a copy ofall FERC Form No. 715 data, "and to the extent a CEII is needed FOrms 714 and 730" asnoticed October 28, 2010. Mr. McCoy is requesting the material to conduct reliability andeconomic studies of a new major transmission project to be interconnected within the PJMControl area of the Eastern Interconnect in support of forthcoming FERC filings and PJMappliations by Atlantic Grid Development Company.

Mr. McCoy's application states that he is the President of Trans-Elect Development Co., LLChowever the NDA signed by Mr. McCoy states that he is a Principal with Atlantic GridDevelopment Co.

SPP submitted comments on this request November 1, 2010.


CE10-199.001 Paul McCoy's et. al Request for Critical Energy Infrastructure Information (AdditionalRequesters)

On December 13, 2010, Paul McCoy, President of Trans-Elect Development Co., LLC, and onbehlaf of Atlantic Grid Development Co., LLC, filed a FERC CEII request on behalf of 20additional requesters employed by Teshmont Consultants, LP and Siemans-PTI to obtain acopy of all FERC Form No. 715 data, as noticed December 13, 2010.

SPP submitted comments on this request December 20, 2010.

CE10-204 Norm Richardson et al.'s Request for Critical Energy Infrastructure Information - VentyxEnergy, LLC

On October 28, 2010, FERC issued a Notice of Intent to Release.

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CE10-214 Request of Joseph Slegers for Critical Energy Infratructure Information - Iowa StateUniversity (Student)

SPP submitted comments on this request October 1, 2010.

CE10-217 Wenchun Chu's Request for Critical Energy Infrastructure Information - Wind CapitalGroup

On August 19, 2010, Wenchun Zhu, Vice President, Transmission of Wind Capital Group, fileda FERC CEII request to obtain a copy of all FERC Form No. 715 data, as noticed October 26,2010.


CE10-218 Craig MacLeod's Request for Critical Energy Infrastructure Information - Orbit Systems,Ltd.

On October 1, 2010, Craig MacLeod, Managing Director of Orbit Systems, Ltd., filed a FERCCEII request to obtain a copy of all FERC Form No. 715 data, as noticed October 26, 2010.


CE11-4 Tanya Bodell's request for Critical Energy Infrastructure Information - FTI Consulting

On October 1, 2010, Tanya Bodell, Managing Director of FTI Consulting, filed a FERC CEIIrequest to obtain a copy of all FERC Form No. 715 data for the years 2008, 2009 and 2010, asnoticed October 6, 2010.

Ms. Bodell explained that she is establishing an industry analytics service offering and needsthe requested information for purposes of bringing detailed industry models in house forpurposes of analysis and advice to clients either invested in or looking to invest in the NorthAmerican electric power sector.


CE11-4.001 Tanya Bodell's et al. request for Critical Energy Infrastructure Information - FTIConsulting (Additional Requesters)

On October 1, 2010, Tanya Bodell, Managing Director of FTI Consulting, filed a FERC CEIIrequest to obtain a copy of all FERC Form No. 715 data, as noticed November 6, 2010. OnNovember 3, 2010, SPP received a notice to add 22 additional requesters to the originalrequest.

SPP submitted coments on this request November 10, 2010.

CE11-7 Eward Pfeiffer's Request for Critical Energy Infrastructure Information - AMEC Earth &Environmental, Inc. (consultant for Natural Resources Defense Council)

On October 4, 2010, Edward Pfeiffer, Associate at AMEC Earth & Environmental, Inc. andConsultant for Natural Resources Defense Counil, filed a FERC CEII request to obtain a copyof all FERC Form No. 715 data, as noticed October 14, 2010.

Specifically, Mr. Pfeiffer requested power flow and power system maps associated with EIPCcollaborative planning effort for the purpose of reviewing and performing independent power flowassessments of various plans and scenarios developed in study and on behald fo the NRDC

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and other NGO stakeholders participating in the EIPC effort.


CE11-11 Stan Lee's Request for Critical Energy Infrastructure Information - Navigant Consulting,Inc.

On October 11, 2010, Stan Lee, Managing Consultant at Navigant Consulting, Inc., filed aFERC CEII request to obtain a copy of all FERC Form No. 715 data, as noticed October 25,2010.


CE11-13 Raymond Czahar's Request for Critical Energy Infrastructure Information - WesternAirnergy Partners Inc.

On October 17, 2010, Raymond Czahar, CPA representing Western Airnergy Partners Inc.,filed a FERC CEII request to obtain a copy of SPP's transmission map, specifically SPP's"Executive Transmission Map: Size C", as noticed November 4, 2010.


CE11-14 Deral Danis's Request for Critical Energy Infrastructure Information - Clean Line EnergyPartners, LLC

On October 12, 2010, Deral Danis, Manager of Transmission Planning of Clean Line EnergyPartners, LLC, filed a FERC CEII request to obtain a copy of all FERC Form No. 715 data, asnoticed November 2, 2010. The FERC notice was dated November 2, 2010, however, theoriginal email from FERC was not received and a second email was sent on Friday, November5, 2010 attaching the FERC notice.


CE11-16 Nidhi J. Thankar's Request on behalf of Michael J. Schubiger for Critical InfrastructureInformation - SESCO Enterprises, LLC

On October 21, 2010, Michael J. Schubiger, President and CEO of SESCO Enterprises, fileda FERC CEII request to obtain a copy of all FERC Form No. 715 data, as noticed November 2,2010.

Mr. Schubiger listed the areas for which he requests FERC Form No. 715 data and did notspecifically mention SPP.


CE11-17 Raissa D'Souza's Request for Critical Energy Infrastructure Information - University ofCalifornia, Davis

On October 10, 2010, Raissa D'Souza, Associate Professor of University of California, Davis,filed a FERC CEII request to obtain a copy of all FERC Form No. 715 data, as noticedNovember 2, 2010.


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CE11-18 Willard Burns's Request for Critical Energy Infrastructure Information - Burns Law Firmon behalf of Energy Conservation Council of Pennsylvania and Environmental DefenseFund

On October 20, 2010, Willard Burns, Attorney at Burns Law Firm, representing the EnergyConservation Council of Pennsylvania and Environmental Defense Fund, filed a FERC CEIIrequest to obtain a copy of all FERC Form No. 715 data, as noticed November 12, 2010.


CE11-19 Roger Treinen's Request for Critcal Entergy Infrastructure Information - Nexant

On October 22, 2010, Roger Treinen, Principal of Nexant, filed a FERC CEII request to obtaina copy of all FERC Form No. 715 data, as noticed November 2, 2010.


CE11-21 Carol J. Miller's Request for Critical Energy Infrastructure Information

On October 28, 2010, Carol J. Miller, Professor at Wayne State University, filed a FERC CEIIrequest to obtain a copy of all FERC Form No. 715 data, as noticed November 2, 2010.


CE11-24 Anna Wood's Request for Critical Energy Infrastructure Information - BJ Energy LLC

On November 1, 2010, Anna Wood, Director of Market Relations of BJ Energy LLC, filed aFERC CEII request to obtain a copy of all FERC Form No. 715 data, as noticed November 8,2010.


CE11-25 Steven Quade's Request for Critical Energy Infrastructure Information

On November 1, 2010, Steven Quade, Electrical Engineering Manager, Blattner Energy Inc.,filed a FERC CEII request to obtain a copy of SPP's transmission map, specificall "SPPExecutive Transmission Maps" as noticed November 8, 2010.


CE11-27 Request of Denise Benoit, et al. for Critical Energy Infrastructure Information - EnergyConsulting on behalf of General Electric International, Inc.

On November 4, 2010, Denise Benoit, Contract Risk Manager, Energy Consulting for GeneralElectric International, Inc., filed a FERC CEII request on behalf of herself and 51 otheremployees and consultants for GE International to obtain a copy of all FERC Form No. 715data, as noticed November 10, 2010.


CE11-28 Request for Critical Energy Infrastructure Information Jinxiang Zhu, et al. - ABB, Inc.

On November 9, 2010, Jinxiang Zhu, Sr. Principal Engineer of ABB Inc., filed a FERC CEIIrequest to obtain a copy of all FERC Form No. 715 data, as noticed December 1, 2010.

On December 6, 2010, SPP submitted comments on this request.

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CE11-31 Request of Jessica DeLuca, et al., for Critical Energy Infrastructure Information - AWSTruepower, LLC

On November 12, 2010, Jessica DeLuca, HR & Administration Manager of AWS Truepower,filed a FERC CEII request to obtain a copy of all FERC Form No. 715 data, on behalf of herselfand 6 other requesters, as noticed by a letter dated December 1, 2010 and transmitted byemail to SPP on December 2, 2010.


CE11-42 Robert Durham's Request for Critical Energy Infrastructure Information - D2 TechSolutions, Inc.

On December 8, 2010, Robert Durham, Principal Engineer of D2 Tech Solutions, Inc. filed aFERC CEII request to obtain a copy of all FERC Form No. 715 data, as noticed December 22,2010.


CE11-43 Jason Kemper's Request for Critical Energy Infrastructure Information - enXco

On December 8, 2010, Jason Kemper, Transmission Specialist of enXco filed a FERC CEIIrequest to obtain a copy of all FERC Form No. 715 data, as noticed December 22, 2010.


EL10-55 Notice of Complaint, Louisiana Public Service Commission ("LPSC") v. EntergyCorporation, Entergy Services, Inc., Entergy Louisiana, LLC, Entergy Arkansas, Inc.,Entergy Mississippi, Inc., Entergy New Orleans, Inc., Entergy Gulf States Louisiana,LLC, and Entergy Texas, Inc.

On October 8, 2010, FERC issued an Order Granting Motion for Adoption of Protective Order.

On October 12, 2010, John K. Sammon, Kevin J. Pewterbaugh, and Janice Garrison Nicholas,of the Commission Trial Staff, submitted Prepared Answering Testimony on behalf of FERC.

On October 12, 2010, Phillip R. May submitted Answering Testimony on behalf of EntergyServices, Inc.

On October 12, 2010, Dr. S. Keith Berry submitted Direct Testimony on behalf of theArkansas Public Service Commission.

On October 25, 2010, the APSC, Entergy Services, and FERC Trial Staff submitted crossanswering testimony.

On November 10, 2010, Charles W. King, Lane Kollen, and Randy Futral submitted RebuttalTestimony on behalf of the LPSC.

On November 22, 2010, Entergy Services, Inc. filed a Joint Statement of Issues and WitnessList.

On December 20, 2010, Council of the City of New Orleans, Entergy Services, Inc. and FERCCommission Trial Staff filed Initial Briefs.

On December 20, 2010, the Arkansas Public Service Commission and Louisiana PublicService Commission filed Initial Briefs.

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ER04-48 RTO Approval Docket

On December 8, 2010, SPP submitted its annual operating budget and true-up. This issubmitted pursuant to the Commission's October 1, 2004 Order in Docket No. RT04-1, andcommitments made by SPP in Docket No. ER08-1338.

ER05-652 SPP Filing of Transmission Cost Allocation Tariff Revisions

On December 30, 2010, SPP filed an informational report. The report discusses: (1) SPP'sassessment of the average costs of all new network upgrades identified through SPP'sregional transmission cost allocation plan ("Cost Allocation Plan"), as well as SPP's efforts towork with its stakeholders and the Regional State Committee ("RSC") to evaluate theeffectiveness and accuracy of the $180,000/MW Safe Harbor threshold for Base PlanUpgrades; (2) the unintended consequence reports issued by its Regional Tariff WorkingGroup ("RTWG") to the Markets and Operations Committee ("MOPC") and the RSCconcerning the calculations of the cost allocation impacts of the Base Plan Upgrades to eachTransmission Customer within the SPP Region; and (3) information concerning SPP'sdisposition of all requests for waiver of the Base Plan criteria, to inform the Commission andothers regarding the reasonableness of SPP's application of the waivers and the treatment ofany facilities granted waivers that subsequently caused unintended consequences.

ER05-1065 Entergy Services' New Proposal for an Independent Coordinator of Transmission("ICT") and Extension of the ICT's Initial Term

On November 12, 2010, Occidental filed comments in response to the ICT's Third QuarterlyPerformance Report for 2010.

On December 30, 2010, SPP submitted the ICT's Fourth Quarterly Performance Report for2010.

ER08-1338 SPP Submission of Revised Tariff Sheets Amending Schedule 1-A of OATT in Order toIncrease the Rate Cap for its Tariff Administration Service Charge


ER09-555 Entergy Services, Inc. Filing of Proposed Revisions to Attachment V of Entergy's OpenAccess Transmission Tariff ("OATT")

On December 15, 2010, SPP submitted the ICT's WPP Quarterly Report. This covers theperiod of September 2010 through November 2010.

ER09-1050 SPP Order 719 Compliance Filing

On October 12, 2010, ISO New England, Inc. filed a Motion to Intervene Out-of-Time.

On October 15, 2010, ISO New England Inc. submitted a Motion for Clarification or, in theAlternative, Request for Rehearing of the September 16, 2010 Order. ISO New England statedit seeks clarification or rehearing regarding the following:

1) The Commission’s statements in paragraph 26 of the September 16 Order do not prohibit amarket monitor, at its discretion, from communicating or collaborating with the boardmembers, officers or other personnel of its ISO (or RTO), assuming that those persons are

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bound by appropriate, Commission-accepted confidentiality requirements, in the investigationof a suspected market violation or the preparation of a referral, or prohibit the market monitorfrom making the board members or other ISO personnel aware that a referral has been made;and2) The Commission’s statements in paragraph 26 of the September 16 Order should beclarified as allowing a market monitor to collaborate or communicate with its ISO’s board ofdirectors and appropriate employees, and only as prohibiting the market monitor’s disclosureto state officials or other persons outside an ISO of a referral of a market violation toCommission enforcement staff.

On October 15, 2010, in FERC Docket No. ER11-121, SPP submitted its compliance filingpursuant to Order No. 719 and the September 16, 2010 Order issued in Docket No.ER09-1050.

An effective date of February 18, 2010 was requested.

On October 21, 2010, FERC issued an order accepting SPP's April 28, 2009 ComplianceFiling. The Commission found that SPP complied with the stakeholder responsiveness andRTO governance requirements of Order No. 719, including: (1) inclusiveness; (2) fairness inbalancing diverse interests; (3) representation of minority interests; and (4) ongoingresponsiveness.

On November 10, 2010, FERC issued an Order Granting Rehearing for Further Considerationof the September 16, 2010 Order.

On October 15, 2010, ISO New England filed a rehearing request in which it stated it seeksclarification or rehearing regarding the following:

1) The Commission’s statements in paragraph 26 of the September 16 Order do not prohibit amarket monitor, at its discretion, from communicating or collaborating with the boardmembers, officers or other personnel of its ISO (or RTO), assuming that those persons arebound by appropriate, Commission-accepted confidentiality requirements, in the investigationof a suspected market violation or the preparation of a referral, or prohibit the market monitorfrom making the board members or other ISO personnel aware that a referral has been made;and2) The Commission’s statements in paragraph 26 of the September 16 Order should beclarified as allowing a market monitor to collaborate or communicate with its ISO’s board ofdirectors and appropriate employees, and only as prohibiting the market monitor’s disclosureto state officials or other persons outside an ISO of a referral of a market violation toCommission enforcement staff.

ER09-1192 SPP Submission of Revisions to Bylaws

On October 12, 2010, ISO New England, Inc. filed a Motion to Intervene Out-of-Time.

On October 15, 2010, ISO New England Inc. submitted a Motion for Clarification or, in theAlternative, Request for Rehearing of the September 16, 2010 Order. ISO New England statedit seeks clarification or rehearing regarding the following:

1) The Commission’s statements in paragraph 26 of the September 16 Order do not prohibit amarket monitor, at its discretion, from communicating or collaborating with the boardmembers, officers or other personnel of its ISO (or RTO), assuming that those persons arebound by appropriate, Commission-accepted confidentiality requirements, in the investigation

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of a suspected market violation or the preparation of a referral, or prohibit the market monitorfrom making the board members or other ISO personnel aware that a referral has been made;and2) The Commission’s statements in paragraph 26 of the September 16 Order should beclarified as allowing a market monitor to collaborate or communicate with its ISO’s board ofdirectors and appropriate employees, and only as prohibiting the market monitor’s disclosureto state officials or other persons outside an ISO of a referral of a market violation toCommission enforcement staff.

On November 10, 2010, FERC issued an Order Granting Rehearing for Further Considerationof the September 16, 2010 Order.

On October 15, 2010, ISO New England filed a rehearing request in which it stated it seeksclarification or rehearing regarding the following:

1) The Commission’s statements in paragraph 26 of the September 16 Order do not prohibit amarket monitor, at its discretion, from communicating or collaborating with the boardmembers, officers or other personnel of its ISO (or RTO), assuming that those persons arebound by appropriate, Commission-accepted confidentiality requirements, in the investigationof a suspected market violation or the preparation of a referral, or prohibit the market monitorfrom making the board members or other ISO personnel aware that a referral has been made;and2) The Commission’s statements in paragraph 26 of the September 16 Order should beclarified as allowing a market monitor to collaborate or communicate with its ISO’s board ofdirectors and appropriate employees, and only as prohibiting the market monitor’s disclosureto state officials or other persons outside an ISO of a referral of a market violation toCommission enforcement staff.

ER09-1254 SPP Submission of Revisions to Open Access Transmission Tariff to Reform GenerationInterconnection Procedures ("Queue Reform Filing")

On November 18, 2010, FERC issued an order accepting SPP's January 19, 2010 compliancefiling effective June 2, 2009, subject to an additional compliance filing.

The Commission directed SPP to revise section 3.3.1 in order to clarify:1) an interconnection customer may make changes to its layout drawings in the preliminaryqueue stage (i.e. prior to entering the DISIS queue); and2) once an interconnection request enters the DISIS queue, any subsequent change to thedesign of the generating facility as depicted in the layout drawing will be evaluated todetermine whether the change constitutes a material modification under section 4.4.

The Commission further directed SPP to correct the URL for its business practices set forth insection 3.3.1.

SPP's compliance filing is due December 20, 2010.

On December 20, 2010, SPP submitted its compliance filing, in Docket No. ER11-2415, inaccordance with the November 18, 2010 Order issued in Docket No. ER09-1254.

An effective date of June 2, 2009 was requested.

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ER10-45 SPP Submission of Revisions to OATT to Implement Rate Changes for ITC Great Plains,LLC (ITC Formula Rate Case)

On October 12, 2010, FERC issued a letter order accepting the rate changes, effective August18, 2009 as requested.

This order constitutes final agency action.

ER10-230 Kansas City Power & Light Company ("KCP&L") and KCP&L Greater MissouriOperations Company ("KCPL-GMO") Submission of Proposed Tariff Revisions toProvide for Recovery of an Updated Revenue Requirement

On October 1, 2010, FERC issued an Order of Chief Judge Shortening Time to Answer toOctober 5, 2010.

On October 5, 2010, the Commission Trial Staff submitted its Initial Comments in support ofthe Settlement Agreement filed on September 29, 2010.

On October 6, 2010, FERC issued an Order of Chief Judge Granting Motion for Interim RateRelief.

On October 7, 2010, FERC issued a Certification of Uncontested Settlement.

On October 12, 2010, FERC issued an Order of Chief Judge Termination Settlement JudgeProcedures.

On October 15, 2010, Kansas City Power & Light Company, KCP&L Greater MissouriOperations Company, and SPP submitted an Emergency Joint Motion for Interim Rates andRequest for Expedited Action. The parties requested that FERC grant this motion no laterthan October 22, 2010.

On October 15, 2010, FERC Chief ALJ granted a joint motion filed by KCP&L-GMO and SPPto extend their authority to implement on an interim basis the rates from a settlement currentlypending before FERC in Docket No. ER10-230. KCP&L-GMO's and SPP's interim rateauthority is extended until the date of FERC’s acceptance of KCP&L/GMO’s and SPP’scompliance filings incorporating the settlement into the GMO and SPP OATTs.

On December 3, 2010, FERC issued a letter order approving the settlement filed onSeptember 29, 2010.

ER10-355 American Electric Power Service Corporation ("AEP") Submission of a Formula Rate toRecover Costs of Investments in Transmission Facilities Owned by AEP TransmissionCompany, L.L.C. ("AEPTCo") Subsidiaries in PJM and in SPP RTO Regions

On October 13, 2010, AEP submitted a Motion for Interim Rates and Request for ExpeditedAction.

On October 14, 2010, Commission Trial Staff submitted comment supporting the settlementagreement.

On October 14, 2010, SPP filed a Motion for Interim Rates and Request for Expedited Action. SPP requested that the Chief ALJ grant this motion no later than October 21, 2010.

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On October 19, 2010, FERC issued an Order of Chief Judge which granted AEP's Motion forInterim Rates.

On October 20, 2010, FERC issued an Order of Chief Judge which granted SPP's Motion forInterim Rates.

On October 25, 2010, Indiana Municipal Power Agency submitted Reply Comments inresponse to the Offer of Settlement.

On October 25, 2010, the Commission Trial Staff submitted Reply Comments Supporting Offerof Settlement.

On October 25, 2010, AEP submitted Reply Comments in support of the Offer of Settlement.

On November 9, 2010, FERC issued a Report of Settlement Judge on Offer of Settlement.

On November 10, 2010, FERC issued an Order of Chief Judge Terminating Settlement JudgeProcedures.

ER10-696 Network Integration Transmission Service Agreement ("NITSA") between SPP,Northeast Texas Electric Cooperative, Inc. ("NTEC") as Network Customer, andAmerican Electric Power Company ("AEP") as Host Transmission Owner, as well as aNetwork Operating Agreement ("NOA")

On October 7, 2010, the East Texas Cooperatives submitted comments regarding SPP'sSeptember 22, 2010 Motion to Withdraw. The Cooperatives support SPP's motion, but askthe Commission not to grant this motion until it accepts the agreement filed in Docket No.ER10-2845.

ER10-794 Entergy Services, Inc. Submission of Revisions to its OATT to Implement SupplementalCurtailment Procedures ("SCP") and Local Area Procedures ("LAP")

On December 7, 2010, FERC issued an Order on Rehearing.

FERC granted SPP's rehearing request filed on May 24, 2010. FERC clarified that it does notcompel identical curtailment of non-interchange and interchange non-firm transactions atpresent, and that no further changes to the Supplemental Curtailment Procedures or theNERC TLR process beyond that specified in the April 23, 2010 Order are required.

FERC granted in part and denied in part Entergy's rehearing request filed on May 24, 2010. FERC denied Entergy's rehearing request concerning the ICT's suggested approach forimplementation of the Supplemental Curtailment Procedures ("SCPs") and exemption of QFputs from curtailment under the SCPs. FERC granted rehearing concerning implementation ofnon-discriminatory procedures for non-interchange transactions when NERC TLR Proceduresdo not sufficiently mitigate constraints. FERC granted rehearing and provided clarificationconcerning immediate use of Generator to Load Distribution Factor rather than Generator ShiftFactor.

On December 14, 2010, FERC issued a letter order accepting the tariff revisions, effective April25, 2010, subject to Entergy submitting them as tariff records in accordance with Order No.714 through Entergy's e-Tariff system.

Entergy's compliance filing is due December 29, 2010.

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On December 29, 2010, Entergy submitted a request for extension of time to submit thecompliance filing due on December 29 pursuant to the December 14, 2010 Order. Due tosoftware issues, Entergy needs to re-file its entire OATT in eTariff and therefore requestedpermission to delay its compliance filing in this proceeding. Entergy will provide an update ifthe filing is not complete by January 18, 2011.

On December 30, 2010, FERC granted an extension of time until January 18, 2011, forEntergy to comply with the December 14, 2010 Order.

ER10-1069 SPP Submission of Tariff Revisions to Adopt a "Highway/Byway" RegionalTransmission Upgrade Cost Allocation Methodology

On November 18, 2010, the Joint Protestors filed a Motion for Official Notice. The partiesrequested that the Commission take official notice of the following documents:

1) Minutes of the October 25, 2010 meeting of the SPP Regional State Committee;2) SPP staff presentation entitled "Priority Project Update" presented at the October 25, 2010SPP Regional State Committee meeting;3) Chermac Energy Corporation submittal to SPP Regional State Committee entitled "PriorityProjects II Notice to Construct - Modifications 942 and 943 Comments";4) Letter to Regional State Committee dated October 22, 2010 regarding recent developmentsaffecting Priority Projects;5. Minutes of the October 26, 2010 meeting of the SPP Board of Directors; and6. SPP Staff recommendation to the SPP Board of Directors concerning Priority Projects,dated October 26, 2010.

On December 1, 2010, Nebraska Public Power District filed an answer in support of the JointProtestor's November 18, 2010 Motion for Official Notice.

On December 3, 2010, SPP filed an answer in response to the Motion for Official Noticesubmitted by the Joint Protestors on November 18, 2010.

SPP stated that the Commission should reject the Joint Protestors’ Motion as an improperattempt to introduce additional non-probative evidence into a record that has been closed forseveral months and to supplement the Joint Protestors’ request for rehearing of theCommission’s June 17, 2010 order in this proceeding,

ER10-1697 Network Integration Transmission Service Agreement ("NITSA") and NetworkOperating Agreement ("NOA") between SPP, Kansas Power Pool ("KPP") as NetworkCustomer, and Mid-Kansas Electric Company ("MKEC") as Host Transmission Owner

On November 19, 2010, Kansas Power Pool filed a Protest of the wholesale distributioncharges included as part of the NITSA filed by SPP in this proceeding.

On December 7, 2010, Mid-Kansas Electric Company, LLC submitted a Motion for Leave toIntervene Out-of-Time, Answer, and Protest. MKEC stated that the reclassification of 34.5 kVfacilities requires a State Commission proceeding at the Kansas Corporation Commission, notFERC.

On December 15, 2010, the Kansas Corporation Commission ("KCC") filed a Motion toIntervene Out-of-Time and Answer to Protest of Kansas Power Pool.

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Specifically, the KCC requested that the Commission reject the KPP’s November 19, 2010Protest because KPP’s proposal would interfere with the KCC’s exclusive jurisdiction over thesubject MKEC facilities and rates.

On December 22, 2010, Kansas Power Pool filed an answer in response to the KansasCorporation Commission's and Mid-Kansas Electric Company's motions.

KPP opposes the motions of KCC and MKEC to answer KPP's protest. KPP asked theCommission to deny the motions for leave to answer, and therefore reject the portions of theanswers that comprise their substantive responses to KPP's protest. KPP also asked thatthe Commission reject MKEC's protest.

ER10-1960 SPP's Submittal of Baseline Electronic Open Access Transmission Tariff

On October 28, 2010, FERC issued an order accepting SPP's baseline tariff filing, effectiveJuly 26, 2010 as requested.


ER10-2145 SPP's Submittal of Baseline Electronic Governing Documents Tariff (Bylaws andMembership Agreement)

On October 13, 2010, FERC issued a letter order accepting the baseline electronic tariff filingof SPP's Bylaws and Membership Agreement, effective August 5, 2010 as requested.


ER10-2157 E.ON U.S. LLC Filing of the Second Amended and Restated Independent TransmissionOrganization Agreement ("ITO Agreement")

On October 5, 2010, FERC issued an Order accepting the Second Amended and RestatedIndependent Transmission Organization Agreement, effective September 1, 2010 asrequested.

ER10-2166 Large Generator Interconnection Agreement ("LGIA") between Taloga Wind, LLC("Taloga Wind") as Interconnection Customer and Oklahoma Gas & Electric Company("OG&E") as Transmission Owner

On October 5, 2010, FERC issued a letter order accepting the agreement, effective July 8,2010 as requested.


ER10-2225 Network Integration Transmission Service Agreement ("NITSA") and NetworkOperating Agreement ("NOA") between SPP, East Texas Electric Cooperative, Inc.("ETEC") as Network Customer, and American Electric Power Company ("AEP") as HostTransmission Owner

On October 5, 2010, FERC issued a letter order accepting the agreement, effective January 1,

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2010 as requested.


ER10-2227 Network Integration Transmission Service Agreement ("NITSA") and NetworkOperating Agreement ("NOA") between SPP, Tex-La Electric Cooperative of Texas,Inc. ("Tex-La") as Network Customer, and American Electric Power Company ("AEP")as Host Transmission Owner

On October 5, 2010, FERC issued a letter order accepting the agreement, effective January 1,2010 as requested.


ER10-2243 Large Generator Interconnection Agreement ("LGIA") between Wildorado Wind, LLC("Wildorado") as Interconnection Customer and Southwestern Public Service Company("SPS") as Transmission Owner

On October 15, 2010, FERC issued and Order Rejecting Large Generator InterconnectionAgreements.

FERC rejected the filing of the Original Wildorado LGIA and the Revised Wildorado LGIAbecause they contain minor deviations from SPP's pro forma LGIA that was in effect at thetime of execution of the Original Wildorado LGIA in 2005. FERC directed SPP to modify theagreements to eliminate the deviations from pro forma and report in the electronic quarterlyreport ("EQR") only.

ER10-2416 Firm Point-To-Point Transmission Service Agreement between SPP as TransmissionProvider and Kansas City Board of Public Utilities ("KCBPU") as Transmission Customer

On October 20, 2010, FERC issued a letter order accepting the agreement, effective August 1,2010 as requested.


ER10-2429 Network Integration Transmission Service Agreement ("NITSA") and NetworkOperating Agreement ("NOA") between SPP, Kansas Municipal Energy Agency("KMEA") as Network Customer, and Kansas City Power and Light Company ("KCPL")as Host Transmission Owner

On October 25, 2010, FERC issued an order rejecting the NITSA and directing SPP to reportthe agreement in SPP's Electric Quarterly Report.

FERC stated it does not consider the network upgrade language in Section 8.10 to benon-conforming.

ER10-2450 Network Integration Transmission Service Agreement ("NITSA") and NetworkOperating Agreement ("NOA") between SPP, Kansas Municipal Energy Agency("KMEA") as Network Customer, and Mid-Kansas Electric Company ("MKEC") as HostTransmission Owner; Notice of Cancellation of a Point-to-Point Transmission Service

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Agreement


FERC also accepted the Notice of Cancellation for SPP Service Agreement No. 1263, whichwas originally filed in Docket No. ER06-1349.


ER10-2451 Executed Transmission Interconnection Agreement Between Western Farmers ElectricCooperative ("WFEC") and ITC Great Plains, LLC ("ITC"), with SPP as Signatory

On October 20, 2010, FERC issued a letter order accepting the agreement, effective October30, 2010 as requested.


ER10-2452 Network Integration Transmission Service Agreement ("NITSA") and NetworkOperating Agreement ("NOA") between SPP, The Board of Public Utilities, Springfield,Missouri ("Springfield") as Network Customer and Host Transmission Owner



ER10-2482 Network Integration Transmission Service Agreement ("NITSA") and NetworkOperating Agreement ("NOA") between SPP and Westar Energy, Inc. ("Westar") asNetwork Customer and Host Transmission Owner



ER10-2483 Network Integration Transmission Service Agreement ("NITSA") and NetworkOperating Agreement ("NOA") between SPP, City of Lindsborg, Kansas ("Lindsborg")as Network Customer, and Westar Energy, Inc. ("Westar") as Host Transmission Owner



ER10-2489 Network Integration Transmission Service Agreement ("NITSA") and NetworkOperating Agreement ("NOA") between SPP and American Electric Power ServiceCorporation ("AEP") as Network Customer and Host Transmission Owner

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ER10-2521 Notice of Cancellation of Network Integration Transmission Service Agreementbetween SPP as Transmission Provider and Nebraska Public Power District ("NPPD")as Network Customer and Host Transmission Owner (Agreement was Superseded by aConforming Service Agreement to be Reported in SPP's Electric Quarterly Report Only)

On October 14, 2010, FERC issued an order accepting the Notice of Cancellation, effectiveAugust 1, 2010 as requested.


ER10-2608 Generator Interconnection Agreement ("GIA") between Union Wind, LLC ("UnionWind") as Interconnection Customer and KCP&L Greater Missouri OperationsCompany, Inc. ("KCPL-GMO") as Transmission Owner

On November 12, 2010, FERC issued a letter order rejecting the agreement.

FERC found that SPP has not shown how the non-conforming language in Appendix C isnecessitated by operational or other concerns. FERC also found that this language appearsto be at odds with section 13.5.2 of the GIA. FERC rejected the agreement and held that ifthe non-conforming language in Appendix C is removed, then the agreement should bereported in the Electric Quarterly Report only. However, if the parties want to retain thelanguage in Appendix C, SPP must re-file the GIA with the appropriate justification.

ER10-2748 Entergy Services, Inc. ("ESI") Filing to Extend on an Interim Basis the IndependentCoordinator of Transmission ("ICT") Arrangement for a Period of Two Years

On October 6, 2010, Occidental Chemical Corporation filed a Motion to Intervene.

On October 7, 2010, NRG Companies filed a Motion to Intervene.

On October 8, 2010, SPP filed a Motion to Intervene and comments in support of Entergy'sSeptember 17, 2010 Filing.

On October 8, 2010, GDF SUEZ Energy Marketing NA, Inc. filed a Motion to Intervene.

On October 8, 2010, the L-M Municipals filed a Motion to Intervene, Comments, and LimitedProtest. The parties protested certain aspects of Entergy's proposed changes to tariffprovisions governing liability and indemnification.

On October 8, 2010, Union Power Partners, L.P. filed a Motion to Intervene and Comments. Union Power expressed concerns regarding amendments to the ICT Agreement and Part I ofthe OATT to limit liability, provide for indemnification, and to provide for Entergy's recovery ofcosts of indemnification.

On October 8, 2010, Arkansas Cities filed a Motion to Intervene and Limited Protest. Arkansas Cities believe it would be more efficient if Entergy considered a 2-3-year extension ofthe current ICT arrangement.

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On October 14, 2010, Entergy submitted amendments to its September 17, 2010 filing. Entergy and SPP have agreed to extend the subsequent term of the ICT arrangement for twoyears.

On October 18, 2010, Electric Power Supply Association filed a Motion to Intervene.

On October 21, 2010, Entergy Services, Inc. submitted an answer in response to the October8, 2010 protests submitted by the Lafayette Utilities System, et al. and Union Power Partners,LP.

Entergy stated:1) the proposed new Section 10.3 of the Entergy OATT is just and reasonable and consistentwith Commission precedent; and2) the proposed new Section 10.4 of the Entergy OATT and proposed revisions to Section 6.1of the ICT Agreement are just and reasonable and consistent with Commission policy andprecedent.

On October 22, 2010, Union Power Partners, L.P. submitted its second set of comments inresponse to Entergy's filing to extend the term of the ICT Arrangement for a period of twoyears.

On October 22, 2010, the Arkansas Cities filed a Motion to Intervene.

On October 22, 2010, Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation filed a Motion to Intervene.

On October 26, 2010, the Arkansas Public Service Commission filed a Motion to SubmitComments Out-of-Time and comments. The APSC supports the two-year extension of the ICT Arrangement. However, the APSCrecommended several changes to the ICT arrangement.

On October 26, 2010, the Public Utility Commission of Texas filed a Motion to InterveneOut-of-Time and comments.

The PUCT stated if FERC should approve the amendments authorizing Entergy to indemnifySPP for regulatory fines and penalties, the PUCT submits that Entergy should not bepermitted to recover any costs of that indemnification from Entergy’s customers.

On October 27, 2010, the Council of the City of New Orleans, Louisiana filed a Motion toIntervene Out-of-Time.

On October 27, 2010, Entergy Services, Inc. filed an answer in response to comments ofArkansas Public Service Commission and Union Power Partners, LP.

On November 1, 2010, the Arkansas Public Service Commission submitted its response toEntergy's answer filed on October 27, 2010.

On November 1, 2010, the Council of the City of New Orleans submitted its response toEntergy's answer filed on October 27, 2010.

On November 3, 2010, the Council of the City of New Orleans filed a Motion to Lodge in thisproceeding the October 29, 2010 Audit Report assessing Entergy's compliance with its OATT.

On November 5, 2010, Entergy Services, Inc. filed an answer in response to the Council of the

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City of New Orleans' Motion to Lodge filed on November 3, 2010.

On November 8, 2010, the Council of the City of New Orleans submitted its response toEntergy's November 5, 2010 Answer.

On November 12, 2010, the Louisiana Public Service Commission filed a Motion to InterveneOut-of-Time and comments.

The LPSC asked that FERC not implement at this time the changes requested by theArkansas Public Service Commission and the City of New Orleans.

On November 12, 2010, Union Power Partners, L.P. filed an answer in response to Entergy'sOctober 27 and November 5, 2010 answers.

On November 16, 2010, FERC issued an Order Accepting Amended and Restated Agreementand Accepting in Part and Rejecting in Part Proposed Tariff Revisions to be effective November17, 2010.

FERC accepted Entergy's proposal to extend the ICT arrangement. FERC stated "...weencourage and expect that Entergy will propose enhancements tothe ICT that can be used either as a bridge to RTO membership or a fully-enhanced ICT."

FERC accepted Entergy's proposed revisions to sections 6.1, 6.1.1 and 6.2 of the ICTAgreement.

FERC accepted in part and rejected in part the two new sections concerning limited liabilityprovisions and the recovery of indemnification costs: 1) Section 10.3 regarding limited liability is accepted, with certain modifications (Entergy is toremove the phrase "the Transmission Provider" so that this section applies only to the ICT). 2) FERC rejected Section 10.4 which contained the proposed indemnification cost recoverymechanism.

Entergy's compliance filing is due December 16, 2010.

On November 16, 2010, the Electric Power Supply Association filed a Motion for Leave toComment Out of Time in Support of the Arkansas Public Service Commission.

On December 16, 2010, Entergy Services, Inc. submitted a notice that due to an issue withESI's eTariff software, ESI was unable to submit the amended tariff sheets through theCommission's eTariff system on December 16, 2010. If ESI is unable to submit thecompliance filing by December 30, 2010, ESI will file another status report at that time.

ER10-2820 E.ON U.S. LLC ("E.ON") Submission of Tariff Revisions to Implement Interim Large andSmall Generator Interconnection Service

On October 13, 2010, SPP submitted a Motion to Intervene and comments in support ofE.ON's September 22, 2010 Filing.

On November 19, 2010, FERC issued an Order Conditionally Accepting Tariff Revisions,effective September 23, 2010.

The Commission directed E.ON to submit a compliance filing to correct a typographical error. Specifically, the header to Attachment A actually refers to Appendix 3, which is theInterconnection System Impact Study Agreement, rather than Appendix 7, which is the Interim

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Interconnection System ImpactStudy Agreement.

E.ON's compliance filing is due December 20, 2010.

On December 1, 2010, E.ON submitted its compliance filing in response to the November 19,2010 Order.

ER10-2845 Network Integration Transmission Service Agreement ("NITSA") between SPP,Northeast Texas Electric Cooperative, Inc. ("NTEC") as Network Customer, andAmerican Electric Power Company ("AEP") as Host Transmission Owner, as well as aNetwork Operating Agreement ("NOA")

On October 7, 2010, North Texas Electric Cooperative, Inc. submitted a Motion to Intervene.

On November 15, 2010, FERC issued a letter order accepting the agreement, effective January1, 2010 as requested.


ER10-3207 Third Amended Interchange Agreement (also known as the "OAM" agreement)between Associated Electric Cooperative, Inc. ("AECI"), The Empire District ElectricCompany ("Empire"), Grand River Dam Authority ("GRDA"), Southwestern ElectricPower Company ("SWEPCO") and Board of Public Utilities of Springfield, MO ("BPU")

On November 23, 2010, FERC issued a letter order accepting the agreement, effectiveNovember 29, 2010 as requested.


ER10-3213 Firm Point-To-Point Transmission Service Agreement between SPP as TransmissionProvider and Oklahoma Municipal Power Authority ("OMPA") as TransmissionCustomer

On November 18, 2010, FERC issued a letter order accepting the agreement, effectiveSeptember 1, 2010 as requested.


ER11-10 Two Executed Firm Point-To-Point Transmission Service Agreements between SPP asTransmission Provider and Kansas City Power and Light Company ("KCPL") asTransmission Customer

On October 1, 2010, SPP submitted two executed service agreements for Firm Point-To-PointTransmission Service between SPP as Transmission Provider and Kansas City Power andLight Company as Transmission Customer. SPP Service Agreement Nos. First Revised 2021and First Revised 2022.

An effective date of September 1, 2010 was requested.

On November 15, 2010, FERC issued a letter order accepting the agreements, effective

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September 1, 2010 as requested.


ER11-11 Network Integration Transmission Service Agreement ("NITSA") and NetworkOperating Agreement ("NOA") between SPP and Grand River Dam Authority ("GRDA")as Network Customer and Host Transmission Owner

On October 1, 2010, SPP submitted an executed NITSA between SPP as TransmissionProvider and Grand River Dam Authority as both Network Customer and Host TransmissionOwner. SPP Service Agreement No. Fourth Revised 1641.


On November 18, 2010, FERC issued a letter order accepting the agreement, effectiveSeptember 1, 2010 as requested.


ER11-13 SPP Submission of Tariff Revisions to Incorporate Standards Adopted in Order Nos.676-E, 676-F, 729, and 729-B

On October 1, 2010, SPP submitted revisions to its OATT in order to incorporate standardsadopted in Order Nos. 676-E, 676-F, 729, and 729-B.

Consistent with Order Nos. 676-E and 729-B, SPP requests that the tariff amendmentsincorporating by reference the NAESB standards approved in Order No. 676-E becomeeffective as of April 1, 2011.

In accordance with Order No. 676-F, SPP requests that the tariff revisions incorporating byreference the NAESB business standard "Measurement and Verification of WholesaleElectricity Demand Response (WEQ-015, 2008 Annual Plan Item 5(a), March 16, 2009)" beeffective as of May 24, 2010.

Consistent with Order No. 729-B, SPP requests that the amendments to Attachment C filedbecome effective on April 1, 2011.

On October 21, 2010, Golden Spread Electric Cooperative, Inc. filed a Motion to Intervene.

On October 22, 2010, Xcel Energy Services, Inc. filed a Motion to Intervene.

ER11-112 Oklahoma Gas & Electric Company Submission of a Proposal to Implement TwoTransmission Rate Incentives in Accordance with Federal Power Act Section 219 andOrder No. 679

On October 12, 2010, Oklahoma Gas & Electric Company filed a proposal to implement twotransmission rate incentives. Specifically, OG&E seeks to recover:

1) 100 percent of all prudently-incurred Construction Work in Progress in rate base for specifictransmission projects to be constructed by OG&E within SPP; and2) 100 percent of all prudently incurred development and construction costs if specific

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transmission projects are abandoned or cancelled, in whole or in part, for reasons beyondOG&E's control.

OG&E requested an effective date of January 1, 2011.

On November 2, 2010, SPP submitted a Motion to Intervene.

On November 4, 2010, American Electric Power Service Corporation filed a Motion to InterveneOut-of-Time.

On November 10, 2010, Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation filed a Motion to InterveneOut-of-Time.

On December 30, 2010, FERC issued an order accepting OG&E's two transmission rateincentives, effective January 1, 2011 as requested.

FERC granted the requested Construction Work in Progress Recovery and Abandoned PlantRecovery with respect to two of the Projects and denied the requested incentives with respectto the remaining six projects, without prejudice.

ER11-119 SPP Submission of Ministerial Filing to Reflect Bylaws Language, Accepted in DocketNo. ER09-1192, in the Electronic Version of SPP's Bylaws

On October 15, 2010, SPP submitted a ministerial filing to reflect Bylaws language, acceptedin Docket No. ER09-1192, in the Electronic Version of SPP's Bylaws.

An effective date of August 5, 2010 was requested.

On November 30, 2010, FERC issued an order accepting the ministerial revisions to SPP'sBylaws and Tariff, effective August 5, 2010 as requested.


ER11-120 SPP Submission of Ministerial Filing to Reflect Order No. 719 Tariff Language,Accepted in Docket Nos. ER09-1050 and ER09-1192, in SPP's Electronic Tariff

On October 15, 2010, SPP submitted a ministerial filing to reflect Order No. 719 tarifflanguage, accepted in Docket Nos. ER09-1050 and ER09-1192, in SPP's Electronic Tariff.

An effective date of July 26, 2010 was requested.

On November 30, 2010, FERC issued an order accepting the ministerial revisions to SPP'sBylaws and Tariff, effective August 5, 2010 as requested.


ER11-121 SPP Submission of Tariff Revisions to Comply With Order No. 719 and the September16, 2010 Order Issued in Docket No. ER09-1050

On October 15, 2010, in FERC Docket No. ER11-121, SPP submitted its compliance filingpursuant to Order No. 719 and the September 16, 2010 Order issued in Docket No.ER09-1050.

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ER11-126 SPP Submission of Tariff Revisions to Eliminate Market Monitor Data RetentionAuditing Requirement

On October 15, 2010, SPP submitted revisions to its OATT in order to modify the duties of theindependent Market Monitor ("MMU") to eliminate a requirement that the MMU audit SPPMarket Participant compliance with data retention policies.

An effective date of December 14, 2010 was requested.

On November 5, 2010, Xcel Energy Services, Inc. filed a Motion to Intervene.

On November 30, 2010, FERC issued an order accepting the tariff revisions to eliminate arequirement that the independent market monitor audit SPP Market Participant compliancewith data retention policies.

An effective date of December 14, 2010 was granted.


ER11-1856 Generator Interconnection Agreement ("GIA") between Broken Bow Wind, LLC("Broken Bow") as Interconnection Customer and Nebraska Public Power District("NPPD") as Transmission Owner

On October 21, 2010, SPP submitted an executed GIA between SPP as TransmissionProvider, Broken Bow Wind, LLC as Interconnection Customer, and Nebraska Public PowerDistrict as Transmission Owner. SPP Service Agreement No. 2056.


On December 6, 2010, FERC issued a letter order accepting the agreement, effectiveSeptember 27, 2010 as requested.


ER11-1896 SPP Order 739 Compliance Filing

On October 25, 2010, pursuant to Order No. 739, SPP submitted revisions to its OATT inorder to make permanent the lifting of the price cap for reassignments of transmissioncapacity.


ER11-1923 Entergy Services, Inc. Submission of Tariff Revisions to Incorporate Authority Grantedto the Entergy Regional State Committee ("E-RSC")

On October 27, 2010, Entergy submitted proposed revisions to its Open Access TransmissionTariff ("OATT") in order to incorporate the authority granted to the E-RSC.

Specifically, Entergy seeks approval to give the E-RSC the authority, upon unanimous vote ofall E-RSC members, to direct the Entergy Operating Companies:

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1) to make a filing pursuant to section 205 of the FPA to change the terms and conditions thatapply to cost allocation for transmission projects, including to modify the time horizon of theBase Plan developed by the ICT in accordance with the Tariff and used to allocatetransmission costs in accordance with the Entergy OATT; and2) to add specific projects to the Entergy Construction Plan that is developed underAttachment K of the Entergy OATT ("Construction Plan").


Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation, Council of the City of New Orleans, NRGCompanies, and South Mississippi Electric Power Association filed Motions to Intervene.

On November 17, 2010, the Public Utility Commission of Texas submitted a Notice ofIntervention and comments in support of Entergy's October 27, 2010 filing.

On November 17, 2010, Union Power Partners, L.P. filed a Motion to Intervene and commentsin response to Entergy's October 27, 2010 filing.

Union Power stated that nothing in the filing or the proposed Attachment X should beconstrued as eliminating the right of stakeholders to raise issues at FERC with respect totransmission service on the Entergy transmission system, even if those issues are raised inthe context of E-RSC action under the proposed Attachment X.

On November 17, 2010, the East Texas Cooperatives filed a Motion to Intervene andcomments in support of Entergy's October 27, 2010 filing.

On November 18, 2010, the Louisiana Public Service Commission filed a Motion to InterveneOut-of-Time.

On November 19, 2010, the Arkansas Public Service Commission filed a Motion to InterveneOut-of-Time.

On November 22, 2010, GDF SUEZ Energy Marketing NA, Inc. filed a Motion to InterveneOut-of-Time.

On November 23, 2010, the L-M Municipals filed a Motion to Intervene Out-of-Time.

On December 16, 2010, FERC issued an Order accepting Entergy's October 27, 2010 filingcontaining revisions to its Open Access Transmission Tariff ("OATT") in order to incorporatethe authority granted to the E-RSC.

An effective date of December 26, 2010 was granted.

ER11-1928 SPP Ministerial Filing to Reflect Tariff Language Accepted in Docket No. ER10-1014 inElectronic Tariff

On October 28, 2010, SPP submitted a ministerial filing to incorporate into its baselineelectronic tariff the revisions accepted in Docket No. ER10-1014.


On December 6, 2010, FERC issued a letter order accepting the ministerial tariff revisions,effective August 15, 2010 as requested.

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ER11-1930 SPP Revisions to Open Access Transmission Tariff to Reflect an Update of the AnnualValues Used in the Calculation of Offer Caps

On October 28, 2010, SPP submitted revisions to its OATT to reflect updates of annual valuesused in the calculation of offer caps for all pivotal resources in SPP's real-time energyimbalance service market.

An effective date of January 1, 2011 is requested.

On December 8, 2010, FERC issued a letter order accepting the updates of annual valuesused in the calculation of offer caps for all pivotal resources in SPP's real-time energyimbalance service market, effective January 1, 2011 as requested


ER11-1941 Network Integration Transmission Service Agreement ("NITSA") and NetworkOperating Agreement ("NOA") between SPP, Sunflower Electric Power Corporation("Sunflower") as both Network Customer and Host Transmission Owner, andMid-Kansas Electric Company, LLC ("MKEC"), ITC Great Plains, LLC ("ITC"), andMidwest Energy, Inc. ("Midwest Energy") as Host Transmission Owners

On October 29, 2010, SPP submitted an executed NITSA and NOA between SPP asTransmission Provider, Sunflower Electric Power Corporation as Network Customer and HostTransmission Owner, and Mid-Kansas Electric Company, LLC, ITC Great Plains, LLC, andMidwest Energy, Inc. as Host Transmission Owners. SPP Service Agreement No. 2028.

SPP also submitted a Notice of Cancellation for SPP Service Agreement No. 1512, originallyfiled in Docket No. ER07-1319.

An effective date of November 1, 2010 was requested.

On December 21, 2010, FERC issued a letter order accepting the agreement, effectiveNovember 1, 2010 as requested.


ER11-1958 Network Integration Transmission Service Agreement ("NITSA") and NetworkOperating Agreement ("NOA") between SPP, and Westar Energy, Inc. ("Westar") asNetwork Customer and Host Transmission Owner

On October 29, 2010, SPP submitted an executed NITSA and NOA between SPP asTransmission Provider and Westar Energy, Inc. as Network Customer and Host TransmissionOwner. SPP Service Agreement No. Eleventh Revised 607.

An effective date of October 1, 2010 was requested.

On December 8, 2010, FERC issued a letter order accepting the agreement, effective October1, 2010 as requested.


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ER11-1972 Network Integration Transmission Service Agreement ("NITSA") and NetworkOperating Agreement ("NOA") between SPP, KCP&L Greater Missouri OperationsCompany ("KCPL-GMO") as Network Customer and Host Transmission Owner, andWestar Energy, Inc. ("Westar") as Host Transmission Owner

On November 1, 2010, SPP submitted an executed NITSA and NOA between SPP asTransmission Provider, KCP&L Greater Missouri Operations Company as Network Customerand Host Transmission Owner, and Westar Energy, Inc. as Host Transmission Owner. SPPService Agreement No. Third Revised 1765.

SPP also submitted a Notice of Cancellation of SPP Service Agreement No. 1804, which wasoriginally filed in Docket No. ER09-1140.


On December 21, 2010, FERC issued a letter order accepting the agreement, effectiveOctober 1, 2010 as requested.

FERC also accepted the Notice of Cancellation of SPP Service Agreement No. 1804, whichwas originally filed in Docket No. ER09-1140.


ER11-2071 SPP Submission of Tariff Revisions to Implement a Rate Change for OklahomaMunicipal Power Authority ("OMPA")

On November 10, 2010, SPP submitted revisions to its OATT to implement a rate change forOklahoma Municipal Power Authority, which is a transmission owning member of SPP withrevenue requirements in the American Electric Power and Oklahoma Gas & Electric pricingzones under the SPP Tariff. Specifically, this filing is to incorporate the revenue requirementsfor recently transferred facilities into OMPA’s revenue requirement that is collected under theSPP Tariff.


On November 19, 2010, Oklahoma Municipal Power Authority filed a Motion to Intervene.

On November 19, 2010, SPP submitted an errata filing to correct the proposed revisions toAttachment H and T and OMPA's cost support exhibits which were submitted in the November10, 2010 filing.

ER11-2101 SPP Submission of Revisions to its Membership Agreement to Modify TransmissionOwner Definition

On November 12, 2010, SPP submitted revisions to its Membership Agreement to modify thedefinition of Transmission Owner to facilitate participation in construction and ownership oftransmission facilities in SPP by entities that do not quality under the current definition.

Specifically, SPP modified the definition of Transmission Owner to include:1) an entity assigned by SPP to construct and the entity accepted the obligation to constructnew Tariff facilities; or2) an entity that undertakes another Transmission Owner's obligation to construct Tariff

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Facilities in accordance with Section 3.3(c) of the Membership Agreement and Attachment Oof the SPP OATT.

An effective date of January 12, 2011 was requested.

On November 17, 2010, Electric Transmission America, LLC filed a Motion to Intervene.

On December 1, 2010, NextEra Energy Resources, LLC filed a Motion to Intervene.

On December 3, 2010, ITC Great Plains, LLC, Prairie Wind Transmission, LLC, SharylandUtilities, L.P., Western Farmers Electric Cooperative, and Xcel Energy Services, Inc.submitted Motions to Intervene.

ER11-2103 SPP Submission of Tariff Revisions to Modify Transmission Owner Definition

On November 12, 2010, SPP submitted revisions to its OATT to modify the definition ofTransmission Owner to facilitate participation in construction and ownership of transmissionfacilities in SPP by entities that do not quality under the current definition.

Specifically, SPP modified the definition of Transmission Owner to include entities that haveaccepted from SPP an assignment (notification to construct pursuant to Attachment O) tobuild and own transmission facilities but does not yet own transmission facilities under SPP'sfunctional control.


On November 17, 2010, Electric Transmission America, LLC filed a Motion to Intervene.

On December 1, 2010, NextEra Energy Resources, LLC filed a Motion to Intervene.

On December 3, 2010, ITC Great Plains, LLC, Sharyland Utilities, L.P., Western FarmersElectric Cooperative, and Xcel Energy Services, Inc. submitted Motions to Intervene.

On December 8, 2010, Prairie Wind Transmission, LLC filed a Motion to Intervene Out-of-Time.

ER11-2147 Large Generator Interconnection Agreement ("LGIA") between Kansas City Power &Light Company ("KCPL") as Interconnection Customer and Transmission Owner

On November 18, 2010, SPP submitted an executed LGIA between SPP as TransmissionProvider and Kansas City Power & Light Company as both Interconnection Customer andTransmission Owner. SPP Service Agreement No. First Revised 1522.


On November 23, 2010, SPP submitted an errata filing to include a copy of the LetterAgreement entered into between SPP and KCPL. The Letter Agreement was inadvertently notincluded in the November 18, 2010 filing.

On December 21, 2010, FERC issued a letter order accepting the agreement, effectiveOctober 20, 2010 as requested.


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ER11-2188 Network Integration Transmission Service Agreement ("NITSA") and NetworkOperating Agreement ("NOA") between SPP and Southwestern Public ServiceCompany ("SPS") as Network Customer and Host Transmission Owner

On November 24, 2010, SPP submitted an executed NITSA and NOA between SPP asTransmission Provider and Southwestern Public Service Company as both Network Customerand Host Transmission Owner. SPP Service Agreement No. First Revised 1910.


On December 2, 2010, SPP submitted an errata filing to request an effective date of October29, 2010. SPP inadvertently requested an effective date of November 1, 2010 in the November24, 2010 Filing.

ER11-2190 Network Integration Transmission Service Agreement ("NITSA") and NetworkOperating Agreement ("NOA") between SPP and Southwestern Public ServiceCompany ("SPS") as Network Customer and Host Transmission Owner

On November 24, 2010, SPP submitted an executed NITSA and NOA between SPP asTransmission Provider and Southwestern Public Service Company as both Network Customerand Host Transmission Owner. SPP Service Agreement No. Second Revised 1139.

An effective date of November 1, 2010 was requested.

On December 2, 2010, SPP submitted an errata filing to request an effective date of October29, 2010. SPP inadvertently requested an effective date of November 1, 2010 in the November24, 2010 Filing.

ER11-2194 SPP Submission of Revisions to OATT to Implement Rate Changes for Public ServiceCompany of Oklahoma ("PSO") and Southwestern Electric Power Company("SWEPCO")

On November 29, 2010, SPP submitted revised pages to is OATT to implement rate changesfor Public Service Company of Oklahoma and Southwestern Electric Power Company, whichare transmission owners under the SPP Tariff. Specifically, this filing tracks the rate updatecalculated by American Electric Power Service Corporation ("AEP") on behalf of PSO andSWEPCO, based on AEP’s transmission cost of service formula rate.


ER11-2198 SPP Submission of Revisions to OATT to Implement Rate Changes for AEPSouthwestern Transmission Company, Inc. and AEP Oklahoma Transmission Co., Inc.("AEP West Transmission Companies")

On November 29, 2010, SPP submitted revised pages to is OATT to implement rate changesfor AEP Southwestern Transmission Company, Inc. and AEP Oklahoma Transmission Co.,Inc. ("AEP West Transmission Companies"), which are affiliates of American Electric PowerService Corporation ("AEP"), a transmission owner under the SPP Tariff. Specifically, this

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filing implements the transmission formula rate included in the Offer of Settlement filed by AEPon behalf of the AEP West Transmission Companies in Docket No. ER10-355 on September24, 2010.


ER11-2205 SPP Submission of Revisions to OATT to Implement Rate Changes for Lincoln ElectricSystem ("LES") and Omaha Public Power District ("OPPD")

On November 30, 2010, SPP submitted revised pages to is OATT to implement rate changesfor Lincoln Electric System and Omaha Public Power District, which are transmission ownersunder the SPP Tariff. Specifically, this filing tracks the rate updates calculated by LES andOPPD based on their respective transmission cost of service formula rates.


On December 17, 2010, Omaha Public Power District filed a Motion to Intervene andcomments in support of SPP's November 30, 2010 filing.

On December 21, 2010, Lincoln Electric System filed a Motion to Intervene and comments insupport of SPP's November 30, 2010 filing.

ER11-2220 SPP Submission of Revisions to OATT to Implement Rate Changes for Grand RiverDam Authority ("GRDA)"

On November 30, 2010, SPP submitted revised pages to is OATT to implement rate changesfor Grand River Dam Authority, which is a transmission owner under the SPP Tariff. This is aministerial filing to incorporate the transmission formula rate adopted by GRDA’s Board ofDirectors on February 10, 2010.


ER11-2291 SPP Submission of Revisions to OATT to Implement Rate Changes for SouthwesternPublic Service Company ("SPS")

On December 3, 2010, SPP submitted revised pages to is OATT to implement rate changesfor Southwestern Public Service Company, which is a transmission owner under the SPPTariff.

Specifically, this filing: (a) corrects the SPS formula rate provisions in SPP’s Tariff so that theycorrectly state when the SPS formula rate is posted and updated, as well as how the SPSformula rate is referenced; and (b) tracks a rate update calculated by SPS based on itstransmission cost of service formula rate in accordance with a settlement agreement acceptedby the Commission on August 26, 2010 in Docket Nos. ER08-313.

An effective date of January 1, 2009 was requested for the Tariff revisions in Attachments Hand T relating to the posting and updating of SPS’s annual rates, as well as the references inAttachment T to Attachment O - SPS of the Xcel Energy OATT.

An effective date of September 1, 2010 was requested for the Tariff revisions in Attachment Hupdating SPS’s rate and incorporating the revised SPS formula rate and protocols.

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On December 27, 2010, Golden Spread Electric Cooperative, Inc. filed a Motion to Interveneand Comment.

On December 28, 2010, Xcel Energy Services, Inc. filed a Motion to Intervene.

ER11-2303 SPP Submission of Tariff Revisions to Implement New Daily Non-Firm On- and Off-PeakPoint-To-Point Transmission Service

On December 6, 2010, SPP submitted revisions to its OATT to implement a new DailyNon-Firm On-Peak Point-To-Point and a new Daily Non-Firm Off-Peak Point-To-Pointtransmission service.

An effective date of March 1, 2011 was requested.

On December 14, 2010, Xcel Energy Services, Inc. filed a Motion to Intervene.

ER11-2308 SPP Submission of Tariff Revisions to Permit Owners of Jointly Owned ResourcesRegistered in SPP Energy Imbalance Service Market ("EIS Market") to Have SeparateMeter Agents

On December 7, 2010, SPP submitted an amendment to Section 1.2.2(e) of Attachment AE ofits OATT to permit owners of jointly owned resources registered in the SPP Energy ImbalanceService Market to have separate meter agents.


ER11-2309 SPP Submission of Revisions to OATT to Implement Rate Changes for Midwest Energy,Inc.

On December 7, 2010, SPP submitted revised pages to is OATT to implement rate changesfor Midwest Energy, Inc., which is a transmission owner and pricing zone under the SPP Tariff. The purpose of this filing is to incorporate a transmission formula rate being proposed byMidwest Energy, which is substantially similar to Midwest Energy’s formula rate for retailtransmission service that was approved by the KCC.


On December 22, 2010, SPP submitted an errata filing to correct the revenue requirement forNetwork Integration Transmission Service for Grand River Dam Authority, which is anothertransmission owner and pricing zone under the SPP Tariff.


ER11-2315 SPP Submission of Tariff Revisions to Clarify Treatment of Load Under GrandfatheredAgreements in the Calculation of Resident Load

On December 8, 2010, SPP submitted revisions to its OATT in order to clarify the treatment ofload under Grandfathered Agreements in the calculation of Resident Load.


On December 29, 2010, Western Farmers Electric Cooperative filed a Motion to Intervene.

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ER11-2317 SPP Submission of Revisions to OATT to Implement Rate Changes for ITC Great Plains,LLC ("ITC Great Plains"), Nebraska Public Power District ("NPPD"), Oklahoma Gas andElectric Company ("OG&E"), Southwestern Public Service Company ("SPS"), andWestar Energy, Inc. ("Westar")

On December 8, 2010, SPP submitted revised pages to is OATT to implement rate changesfor ITC Great Plains, LLC, Nebraska Public Power District, Oklahoma Gas and ElectricCompany, Southwestern Public Service Company, and Westar Energy, Inc., which aretransmission owners within SPP. Specifically, this filing tracks the rate updates calculated bythe Transmission Owners based on their transmission cost of service formula rates.


On December 10, 2010, Westar Energy, Inc. filed a Motion to Intervene.



On December 27, 2010, ICT Great Plains, LLC filed a Motion for Leave to Intervene.

ER11-2345 SPP Submission of Revisions to OATT to Implement Rate Changes for Kansas CityPower & Light Company ("KCPL") and KCP&L Greater Missouri Operations Company("KCPL-GMO")

On December 13, 2010, SPP submitted revised pages to is OATT to implement rate changesfor Kansas City Power & Light Company and KCP&L Greater Missouri Operations Company,which are transmission owners and pricing zones under the SPP Tariff. Specifically, this filingimplements the transmission formula rate included in the Offer of Settlement accepted by theCommission on December 3, 2010 in Docket No. ER10-230.

An effective date of January 6, 2010 was requested for the revisions incorporating the formularate template. An effective date of January 1, 2011 was requested for the updated rates for theKCP&L/GMO zones.


An effective date of January 1, 2011 was requested for the updated rates for the KCP&L/GMOzones.

ER11-2385 Two Firm Point-To-Point Transmission Service Agreement between SPP asTransmission Provider and City of Burlingame ("Burlingame") and OG&E ElectricServices ("OG&E") as Transmission Customers; One Non-Firm Point-To-PointTransmission Service Agreement between SPP as Transmission Provider and City ofBurlingame ("Burlingame") as Transmission Customer

On December 16, 2010, SPP submitted two executed service agreements for Firm

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Point-To-Point Transmission Service between SPP as Transmission Provider and City ofBurlingame and OG&E Electric Services as Transmission Customers. Also, SPP submittedan executed service agreement for Non-Firm Point-To-Point Transmission Service betweenSPP as Transmission Provider and City of Burlingame as Transmission Customer. SPPService Agreement Nos. 1899, 1795, and 1900.

An effective date of January 1, 2010 was requested for the two City of Burlingame agreements. An effective date of June 1, 2009 was requested for the OG&E agreement.

ER11-2401 SPP Submission of Ministerial Filing to Reflect Tariff Language Accepted in Docket No.ER09-1254-002

On December 17, 2010, SPP submitted a ministerial filing to reflect language accepted inER09-1254-002.


ER11-2415 SPP Compliance Filing in Accordance with November 18, 2010 Order Issued in DocketNo. ER09-1254-002 (Queue Reform Filing)

On December 20, 2010, SPP submitted its compliance filing, in Docket No. ER11-2415, inaccordance with the November 18, 2010 Order issued in Docket No. ER09-1254.


ER11-2425 SPP Submission of Tariff Revisions to Simplify the Election Process for LossCompensation in Attachments M and N

On December 21, 2010, SPP submitted revisions to its OATT in order to simplify the electionprocess for loss compensation in Attachments M and N. The changes will eliminate theannual election of loss compensation method required from each Transmission Customerunder the provisions of Attachment M.


ER11-2428 SPP Submission of Tariff Revisions to Clarify How Real Power Losses Caused byTransmission Service Customers are Determined and Recovered

On December 21, 2010, SPP submitted revisions to its OATT to clarify how the Real PowerLosses that must be replaced by transmission service customers are determined andrecovered.


On December 27, 2010, SPP submitted an errata filing to include a revision to the title forAppendix 1 to Attachment M of SPP's Tariff clarifying that the figures specified in Appendix 1are the Average Loss Factors for each of SPP’s pricing zones.


ER11-2525 SPP Submission of Tariff Revisions to Revise the Process for Identifying the DesignatedBalancing Authority Responsible for Accounting for Self-Provided Losses Relating toTransactions Through SPP Region

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On December 27, 2010, SPP submitted revisions to its OATT to modify the process foridentifying the Designated Balancing Authority responsible for accounting for self-provided RealPower Losses relating to transactions through the SPP Region.


ER11-2528 SPP Filing of an Unexecuted Generator Interconnection Agreement ("GIA") betweenNorth Buffalo Wind, LLC ("North Buffalo") as Interconnection Customer and OklahomaGas and Electric Company ("OG&E") as Transmission Owner

On December 17, 2010, SPP submitted an unexecuted GIA between SPP as TransmissionProvider, North Buffalo Wind, LLC as Interconnection Customer, and Oklahoma Gas andElectric Company as Transmission Owner. SPP Service Agreement No. 2068.

SPP is filing the North Buffalo GIA because North Buffalo declined to execute it due to adispute concerning certain language North Buffalo proposed to include in Appendices B and Cof the North Buffalo GIA.


ES10-11 SPP Application Under Section 204 of the Federal Power Act for an Order Authorizingthe Issuance of Securities ($150 million)

On October 27, 2010, SPP submitted a request to modify the May 19, 2010 authorizationorder to specify that the Unsecured Notes will have maturities of 3 to 40 years.

On October 28, 2010, FERC issued an Errata to the May 19, 2010 Order. FERC changed theauthorization to allow for the Unsecured Notes having maturities of 3 to 40 years.

On November 19, 2010, SPP submitted a Report of Securities issued on October 28, 2010.

ES11-14 SPP Application Under Section 204 of the Federal Power Act for an Order Authorizingthe Issuance of Securities ($20 million Revolving Credit Facility)

On December 30, 2010, SPP submitted an application under Section 204 of the FederalPower Act for authorization of the issuance of up to $20,000,000 in non-secured PromissoryNotes. The Notes will be a revolving credit facility.

SPP requested that the Commission approve the application by February 28, 2011.

OA08-59 Entergy Services, Inc. Order No. 890 Attachment K Compliance Filing

On November 10, 2010, FERC issued an order accepting Entergy's June 1, 2010 ComplianceFiling.

OA09-5 SPP Tariff Revisions Pursuant to Order 890-B

On December 15, 2010, FERC issued a letter order accepting SPP's Order No. 890-Bcompliance filing, effective October 6, 2008 as requested.


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PA11-2 FERC Audit of SPP's Responsibilities and Performance as a Regional Entity ("RE")

On November 2, 2010, FERC provided notice it is commencing an audit of SPP.

The audit will address SPP’s responsibilities and performance as a Regional Entity (RE). Theaudit will determine whether SPP is operating in compliance with:1) the SPP Bylaws;2) the Delegation Agreement between the North American Electric Reliability Corporation andSPP, Inc., and the conditions included in the Delegation Order;3) the SPP Membership Agreement; and4) other obligations and responsibilities as approved by the Commission.

Additionally, the audit will evaluate the RE’s independence from SPP’s function as a RegionalTransmission Organization. The audit will cover the period from January 1, 2009 through thepresent.

RM01-5 Electronic Tariff Filings

On December 22, 2010, FERC issued a Notice of Technical Conference, to be held on January21, 2011 from 9 AM to 12 PM EST, in order to discuss issues relating to the electronic filing oftariff and tariff related material pursuant to Order No. 714.

The technical conference will cover the following areas: (1) the addition to the Type of FilingCSV file of the FERC regulatory citation for each filing type as used by the Commission’seLibrary Description for eTariff filings; (2) an explanation and discussion of the eTariff Viewer’sExport file format and data elements which is being developed; (3) a change in the descriptionfor Type Of Filing Codes 1120 and 1150 from "Market-Based Rate Request and TriennialReview" to "Market-Based Rate Triennial Review", to become effective January 24, 2011, inorder to make clear that these filing codes should not be used for initial requests for marketbased rates; and (4) a discussion with FERC staff of lessons learn since the implementation ofeTariff.

RM06-16 Mandatory Reliability Standards for the Bulk-Power System to Process the ProposedReliability Standards Submitted by NERC on April 4, 2006

Numerous entities submitted post-Technical Conference comments regarding FrequencyResponse in the Wholesale Electric Grid.

On October 14, 2010, the ISO/RTO Council submitted post-technical conference comments.

On October 20, 2010, NERC submitted the 2010 Long-Term Reliability Assessment.

On October 25, 2010, NERC submitted its compliance filing in response to the May 13, 2010Order Granting Rehearing for Further Consideration and Scheduling Technical Conference.

On October 26, 2010, NERC submitted an information filing containing the 2010 SpecialReliability Assessment: Resource Adequacy Impacts of Potential U.S. EnvironmentalRegulations.

On November 30, 2010, NERC submitted its third quarter 2010 compliance filing in responseto Paragraph 629 of Order No. 693 and Request to Terminate Compliance Filing Obligation.

On December 1, 2010, NERC submitted an informational filing a report entitled "2009/2010

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Post-Winter Reliability Assessment."

On December 1, 2010, NERC submitted an informational filing a report entitled "2010/2011Winter Reliability Assessment."

On December 2, 2010, NERC submitted an informational filing a report entitled "ReliabilityConsiderations from the Integration of Smart Grid."

On December 16, 2010, FERC issued an Order accepting NERC's October 25, 2010compliance filing in response to the May 13, 2010 order directing that NERC submit aproposed schedule for developing a frequency response requirement.

RM06-22 Mandatory Reliability Standards for the Bulk-Power System to Process the ProposedReliability Standards Submitted by NERC on April 4, 2006

On October 15, 2010, NERC submitted its status report in response to Order No. 706-B,issued on March 19, 2009.

On December 16, 2010, FERC issued an Order denying the request for rehearing, filed on April19, 2010, of the Commission’s order addressing violation severity level assignments for criticalinfrastructure protection (CIP) reliability standards, issued March 18, 2010.

RM08-11 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking - Version Two Facilities Design, Connections andMaintenance Reliability Standards

On December 7, 2010, FERC issued a letter accepting NERC's May 29, 2009 and July 6,2009 compliance filings in Response to Order No. 722.

RM08-19 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking - Mandatory Reliability Standards for the Calculationof Available Transfer Capability, Capacity Benefit Margins, Transmission ReliabilityMargins, Total Transfer Capability, and Existing Transmission Commitments andMandatory Reliability Standards for the Bulk-Power System

On December 1, 2010, NERC submitted its compliance filing in response to Paragraph 274 ofOrder No. 729.

RM09-18 Revision to Electric Reliability Organization ("ERO") Definition of Bulk Electric System

On November 18, 2010, FERC issued Order No. 743, Final Rule regarding Revision to ElectricReliability Definition of Bulk Electric System.

FERC adopted, with modifications, the proposal outlined in its March 18, 2010 NOPR torequire the Electric Reliability Organization (ERO) to revise its definition of the term "bulkelectric system." The Commission directed the ERO, through the ERO’s Reliability StandardsDevelopment Process, to revise the definition to address the Commission’s technicalconcerns, as discussed in the Final Rule, and ensure that the definition encompasses allfacilities necessary for operating an interconnected electric transmission network.

This rule is effective January 25, 2011.

On December 16, 2010, Wisconsin Electric Power Company filed a Request for Clarification ofOrder No. 743, Final Rule on Revisions to Electric Reliability Organization Definition of BulkElectric System issued on November 18, 2010.

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The issue raised by Wisconsin Electric is whether the Commission’s statements regarding theclassification of step-down transformers with sub-100kV equipment constitute a ruling on themerits, or whether the classification of such transformers remains to be developed in theexemption process at the North American Electric Reliability Corporation.

On December 20, 2010, numerous entities filed Requests for Clarification or Rehearing ofOrder No. 743, Final Rule issued on November 18, 2010.

RM09-25 System Personnel Training Reliability Standards

On November 18, 2010, FERC issued Order No. 742, final rule concerning System PersonnelTraining Reliability Standards. The Commission adopted the NOPR proposal and approvedReliability Standards PER-004-2 (Reliability Coordination - Staffing) and PER-005-1 (SystemPersonnel Training) .

This rule is effective January 25, 2011.

On December 17, 2010, Public Service Electric and Gas Company filed a Request forClarification of Order No. 742.

Specifically, PSE&G requested clarification that in Paragraph 90 of the November 18, 2010Order, FERC did not intend to place a reporting and records retention requirement uponTransmission Owners ("TO") rather than Transmission Operators ("TOP"). Thus, PSE&Grequests that the Commission clarify that these requirements only apply to registered TOPsrather than TOs.

On December 20, 2010, ISO New England, Inc. and National Grid USA filed a Motion toCorrect the Record.

Pursuant to the Transmission Operation Agreement ("TOA") with the New EnglandParticipating Transmission Owners, several of New England’s Participating TransmissionOwners operate LCCs that carry out the functions described in Section 3.06(a)(ii) of the TOA. Contrary to the language in Paragraph 62 of Order No. 742, each of these LCC operators is infact registered with NERC as a Transmission Operator. ISO-NE requested that theCommission to correct the record for this proceeding in accordance with those facts.

RM10-5 Interpretation of Protection System Reliability Standard

On December 16, 2010, FERC issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in which FERCproposes to accept the NERC proposed interpretation of Requirement R1 of ReliabilityStandard PRC-005-1, and proposes to direct NERC to develop modifications to the PRC-005-1Reliability Standard, as discussed below, through its Reliability Standards developmentprocess to address gaps in the Protection System maintenance and testing standard,highlighted by the proposed interpretation.

Comments are due February 25, 2011.

RM10-8 Electric Reliability Organization Interpretations of Interconnection ReliabilityOperations and Coordination and Transmission Operations Reliability Standards

On December 16, 2010, FERC issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in which theCommission proposes to approve the North American Electric Reliability Corporation’sproposed interpretation of certain specific requirements of the Commission-approved Reliability

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Standards, TOP-005-1, Operational Reliability Information, and IRO-005-1, ReliabilityCoordination - Current-Day Operations. Specifically, the interpretation addresses whether aSpecial Protection System (or SPS) that is operating with only one communication channel inservice is "degraded" under these standards. The Commission proposes to approve theinterpretation, discussed in the NOPR, as being consistent with and not expanding orchanging the existing Reliability Standards. However, to address Commission concerns thatthe interpretation fails to specify that a Special Protection System that has lost acommunication channel be reported, the Commission also proposes to direct NERC pursuantto section 215 (d)(5) of the FPA to develop modifications to the TOP-005-1 and IRO-005-1Reliability Standards through its Reliability Standards development process.

Comments are due February 7, 2010.

RM10-11 Notice of Inquiry Regarding Integration of Variable Energy Resources ("VER")

On November 18, 2010, FERC issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking which proposes toreform the pro forma Open Access Transmission Tariff to remove unduly discriminatorypractices and to ensure just and reasonable rates for Commission-jurisdictional services.

Accordingly, the Proposed Rule would:1) require public utility transmission providers to offer intra-hourly transmission scheduling;2) incorporate provisions into the pro forma Large Generator Interconnection Agreementrequiring interconnection customers whose generating facilities are variable energy resourcesto provide meteorological and operational data to public utility transmission providers for thepurpose of power production forecasting; and3) add a generic ancillary service rate schedule through which public utility transmissionproviders will offer regulation service to transmission customers delivering energy from agenerator located within the transmission provider’s balancing authority area.

FERC believes the proposed reforms will remove barriers to the integration of variable energyresources.

Comments are due January 31, 2011.

On December 6, 2010, Edison Electric Institute submitted a Motion to Extend the Period forFiling Comments Until March 2, 2011.

On December 8, 2010, FERC issued a Notice Shortening Answer Period. Answers to EdisonElectric Institute's motion for an extension of time must be filed no later than December 13,2010.

On December 8, 2010, Bonneville Power Administration filed a Motion to Extend the Period forFiling Comments. Bonneville supports Edison Electric Institute's request for a 30-dayextension to file comments.

On December 16, 2010, FERC issued a Notice Extending Comment Period to March 2, 2011for parties to file comments in response to the November 18, 2010 NOPR.

RM10-13 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: Credit Reforms in Organized Wholesale ElectricMarkets

On October 21, 2010, FERC issued Order No. 741, Final Rule regarding Credit Reforms inOrganized Wholesale Electric Markets. A Compliance Filing is due on June 30, 2011 and

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must include the following tariff provisions to be effective October 1, 2011:

Each organized wholesale electric market must have tariff provisions that:(a) Limit the amount of unsecured credit extended by an organized wholesale electric marketto no more than:(i) $50 million for each market participant; and(ii) $100 million for all entities within a corporate family;(b) Adopt a billing period of no more than seven days and allow a settlement period of no morethan seven days;(c) Eliminate unsecured credit in financial transmission rights markets and equivalent markets;(d) Establish a single counterparty to all market participant transactions, or require eachmarket participant in an organized wholesale electric market to grant a security interest to theorganized wholesale electric market in the receivables of its transactions, or provide anothermethod of supporting netting that provides a similar level of protection to the market and isapproved by the Commission. In the alternative, the organized wholesale electric market shallnot net market participants’ transactions and must establish credit based on marketparticipants’ gross obligations;(e) Limit to no more than two days the time period provided to post additional collateral whenadditional collateral is requested by the organized wholesale electric market;(f) Require minimum participation criteria for market participants to be eligible to participate inthe organized wholesale electric market; and(g) Provide a list of examples of circumstances when a market administrator may invoke a"material adverse change" as a justification for requiring additional collateral; this list does notlimit a market administrator’s right to invoke such a clause in other circumstances.

This rule is effective November 26, 2010.

On November 19, 2010, the Cities of Anaheim, Azusa, Banning, Colton, Pasadena, andRiverside, California submitted a Request for Rehearing and Clarification of Order No. 741issued on October 21, 2010.

Several parties submitted Requests for Rehearing and Clarification of Order No. 741, the FinalRule issued on October 21, 2010.

On November 22, 2010, New York Independent System Operator, Inc. submitted a Request forClarification or, in the Alternative, for Rehearing and Request for Expedited Action.

NYISO seeks clarification that the Commission, when using the terms "net exposure" and"gross obligations," is referring to the net exposure or gross obligations across product orservice categories and is not referring to a customer’s positions within product or servicecategories.

On December 8, 2010, the New York Transmission Owners ("NYTOs") submitted an answer inresponse to New York ISO's November 22, 2010 clarification request. NYTOs agree withNYISO's request. In addition, the NYTOs state that Commission should clarify that Order No.741 requires market participants to provide a security interest in their transactions in order toestablish collateral requirements based on net exposure across products or markets

On December 20, 2010, FERC issued an Order Granting Rehearing for Further Considerationof Order No. 741, Final Rule issued on October 21, 2010.

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RM10-15 Mandatory Reliability Standards for Interconnection Reliability Operating Limits

On November 18, 2010, FERC issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in which theCommission proposes to approve three new Interconnection Reliability Operations andCoordination Reliability Standards and seven revised Reliability Standards related toEmergency Preparedness and Operations, Interconnection Reliability Operations andCoordination, and Transmission Operations.

The three new Reliability Standards proposed by NERC are designated asIRO-008-1 (Reliability Coordinator Operational Analyses and Real-time Assessments),IRO-009-1 (Reliability Coordinator Actions to Operate Within IROLs), and IRO-010-1a3(Reliability Coordinator Data Specification and Collection).


RM10-16 System Restoration Reliability Standards

On November 18, 2010, FERC issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in which theCommission proposes to approve Reliability Standards EOP-001-1 (Emergency OperationsPlanning), EOP-005-2 (System Restoration from Blackstart Resources), and EOP-006-2(System Restoration Coordination) submitted to the Commission by the North AmericanElectric Reliability Corporation, the Electric Reliability Organization (ERO) certified by theCommission.


RM10-17 Demand Response Compensation in Organized Wholesale Energy Markets

On October 13, 2010, SPP submitted comments in response to the Supplemental NOPRissued on August 2, 2010.

SPP stated that the Commission should not require a net benefits test requirement either as astandard for all RTOs and ISOs or as a requirement tailored to the individual RTO or ISO. Also, SPP stated the Commission’s final rule from this proceeding should take into accountthat each RTO and ISO has very different markets, each with its own characteristics that havebeen debated and approved by the Commission.

Numerous entities submitted comments in response to the Supplemental NOPR issued onAugust 2, 2010.

Several entities submitted post-technical conference comments.

RM10-22 Promoting a Competitive Market for Capacity Reassignments

On October 20, 2010, Portland General Electric filed a request for an extension of time, untilDecember 23, 2010, to submit its compliance filing pursuant to Order No. 739 issued onSeptember 20, 2010.

On October 20, 2010, Portland General Electric Company ("PGE") filed a Request forClarification or, In the Alternative, Rehearing of Order No. 739 issued on September 20, 2010.

Specifically, PGE requests that the Commission clarify that stand-alone rate schedulespermitting capacity reassignments at negotiated rates on Bonneville Power Administration’s

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transmission system remain operative.

On October 26, 2010, FERC issued an Order Granting Rehearing for Further Consideration ofOrder No. 739.

On November 4, 2010, Bonneville Power Administration filed an answer in response to theRequest for Clarification filed by Portland General Electric Company.

Bonneville requested that the Commission deny PGE’s request for clarification that itsmarket-based rate authority for capacity reassignments on Bonneville’s transmission systemapplies to the pricing of reassignments after October 1, 2010.

RM10-23 Transmission Planning and Cost Allocation by Transmission Owning and OperatingPublic Utilities

On November 12, 2010, the ISO/RTO Council submitted Reply Comments.

The IRC stated:1) the Commission should not expand the potentially eligible public policies to thosedeveloped by bodies other than State or Federal legislative and Executive authorities; and2) the Commission should not require insertion of a new "Independent Evaluator" into theISO/RTO transmission planning process.

Numerous entities submitted reply comments.

RM11-2 Smart Grid Interoperability Standards

On October 7, 2010, FERC issued a Notice of Docket Designation for Smart GridInteroperability Standards.

On October 22, 2010, FERC issued a Notice of Technical Conference, announcing that aconference will be held on November 14, 2010, from 10:30 am to 11:30 am Eastern time inconjunction with the NARUC/FERC Collaborative on Smart Response.

On November 5, 2010, FERC issued a Supplemental Notice of Technical Conference whichincludes an agenda for the meeting.

A technical conference was held on November 14, 2010, to discuss Smart Grid InteroperabilityStandards.

On December 21, 2010, FERC issued a Notice of Technical Conference to be held on January31, 2011.

The purpose of the technical conference is to obtain further information to aid theCommission’s determination of whether there is "sufficient consensus" that the five families ofstandards posted by the National Institute of Standards and Technology and included in thisproceeding are ready for Commission consideration in a rulemaking proceeding, as directed bysection 1305(d) of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007.

RR09-7 NERC Three-Year Electric Reliability Organization Performance Assessment Report

On December 23, 2010, NERC submitted an Informational Filing in Response to Paragraph773 of Order No. 672 Regarding the Initial Three Year Regional Entity Audits and Plan forFuture Audits.

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NERC reported that it has completed initial audit activities of five of the eight Regional Entitiesand expects to complete the initial audit activities for the remaining three Regional Entities byDecember 31, 2011.

RR10-7 NERC Petition for Approval of Compliance Monitoring and Enforcement AgreementsBetween SERC Reliability Corporation, Florida Reliability Coordinating Council andSouthwest Power Pool Regional Entity and Related Amendments to DelegationAgreements

On December 1, 2010, FERC issued an Order Granting Rehearing and Accepting Filing.

FERC granted the August 6, 2010 rehearing request filed in Docket No. RR10-7 by NERC,SERC, FRCC, and the SPP Regional Entity. NERC should submit a compliance filingconsistent with this determination by January 10, 2011.

In addition, the Commission accepts the proposed changes to Section 9(j) and Section 5 ofExhibit E of the pro forma Delegation Agreement, which pertain to the treatment of penaltymonies.

RR10-11 NERC Petition for Approval of Revised Pro Forma Delegation Agreement, RevisedDelegation Agreements with the Eight Regional Entities, Amendments to the NERCRules of Procedure, and Amendments to the Bylaws of Several of the Regional Entities

On October 21, 2010, FERC issue an order conditionally approving the revised pro formaDelegation Agreement, the revised Delegation Agreements with the Regional Entities, and theamendments to rules of procedure and certain Regional Entity Bylaws. An effective date ofJanuary 1, 2011 was granted.

NERC must submit a compliance filing by February 18, 2011 in order to address the followingissues:1) Clarify that the Commission and its staff will have full access to information madenon-public under proposed Sections 8(a)(iii), (c)(iv), and (d) of the revised Pro FormaDelegation Agreement (and the revised Delegation Agreements with the Regional Entities thatadopt the relevant portions of proposed Section 8);2) Revise Section 8 of Exhibit E of the Pro Forma Delegation Agreement (and the revisedagreements with the Regional Entities that adopt the relevant portions of proposed Section 8 ofExhibit E) to provide that NERC may review all financial records of the Regional Entities,including records not used to prepare financial statements;3) Submit a plan for timely auditing of the Regional Entities, explaining i) when it will completethe first round of audits; and ii) when it will perform the second round of audits;4) NERC and FRCC to revise Section 5.4 of Exhibit B to include language specifying FRCC’sauthority over the CMEP, as recommended in the FRCC audit report and consistent withFRCC’s concurrence;5) NERC and MRO to clarify Section 18.1 or replace "Member" with "Registered Entity";6) Provide in its compliance filing a further explanation and justification for eliminating theaudit validation requirement, including an explanation of what other tools NERC has that itbelieves are sufficient to monitor the effectiveness of the RegionalEntities’ Compliance Enforcement Programs;7) Revise its language to state, instead, the minimum amount of time the audited RegionalEntity is given to respond after it receives the preaudit questionnaire and informationrequest(s);8) Clarify the meaning of the proposed language in the section entitled "Reporting".

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Specifically, it is unclear whether the term "exceptions" relates to problems with the scope ofthe NERC audit or, instead, to failures by the Regional Entity that are identified in the courseof the NERC audit;9) Revise its Spot Checking process so that Regional Entities are required to submit theirspot check reports to NERC in the same manner as they do Compliance Audit Reports.

FERC rejected NERC’s proposal to allow, at the request of the registered entity,representatives of other registered entities to attend the audit for educational purposes. Moreover, NERC and the Regional Entities have other, more appropriate tools at their disposalto educate registered entities without potentially introducing a disruptive element that may, infact, hinder the Regional Entities in the performance of their compliance duties.

On November 22, 2010, Nebraska Public Power District filed an Application for Rehearing ofthe October 21, 2010 Order.

NPPD listed the following issues:1) The Commission erred by failing to adopt standards for reviewing requests to transfer thatare consistent with Section 215 of the F.P.A. Burlington Truck Lines, Inc. v. United States,371 U.S. 156 (1962);2) The Commission erred by failing to provide a reasoned explanation for rejecting NPPD’sargument that the proposed standards are unreasonably biased towards consideration of thefinancial impact of the transfer on the Regional Entity budgets and assessments. NorAm GasTransmission Co. v. FERC, 148 F.3d 1158 (D.C. Cir. 1990); and3) The Commission erred by failing to direct NERC to amend its proposed Rules of Procedureto implement the Commission’s conclusion that registered entities have adequate due processto the extent that they have the right to appeal adverse decisions to the Commission. MotorVehicle Manufacturer’s Ass’n, et al v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co., et al.,463 U.S. 29 (1983).

On December 1, 2010, FERC issued an Order Granting Rehearing and Accepting Filing.

FERC granted the August 6, 2010 rehearing request filed in Docket No. RR10-7 by NERC,SERC, FRCC, and the SPP Regional Entity. NERC should submit a compliance filingconsistent with this determination by January 10, 2011.

In addition, the Commission accepts the proposed changes to Section 9(j) and Section 5 ofExhibit E of the pro forma Delegation Agreement, which pertain to the treatment of penaltymonies.

On December 22, 2010, FERC issued an Order Granting Rehearing for Further Considerationof the October 21, 2010 Order.

On December 23, 2010, NERC submitted an Informational Filing in Response to Paragraph773 of Order No. 672 Regarding the Initial Three Year Regional Entity Audits and Plan forFuture Audits.

NERC reported that it has completed initial audit activities of five of the eight Regional Entitiesand expects to complete the initial audit activities for the remaining three Regional Entities byDecember 31, 2011.

On December 29, 2010, FERC issued an Errata Notice to correct the last sentence ofparagraph 62 in the October 21, 2010 Order to read as follows: "NERC will report the progresson these matters in an information filing to be submitted six months from the issuance of the

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Three-Year ERO Assessment Report Order."

RT04-1 RTO Approval Docket


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FERC or State Jurisdiction: State of Arkansas

08-001-U In the Matter of the Application of Southwestern Electric Power Company ("SWEPCO")for a Certificate of Environmental Capability and Public Need ("CECPN") for theConstruction, Ownership, Operation and Maintenance of a 138 kV Transmission LineOriginating at the Southeast Texarkana Station Located in Texarkana, Arkansas andTerminating at a Proposed Station to be Constructed at the John W. Turk, Jr.Generation Facility Located in Hempstead County, Arkansas and for the Proposed TurkStation and Related Facilities

On October 6, 2010, Hempstead County Hunting Club, Inc. submitted an Application forRehearing of the September 23, 2010 Order which established a procedural schedule.

On October 8, 2010, SWEPCO submitted its Initial Brief regarding the CECPNs issued in08-001-U, 08-002-U and 08-098-U.

On October 8, 2010, Staff submitted its Initial Brief regarding the CECPNs issued in 08-001-U,08-002-U and 08-098-U.

On October 8, 2010, Hempstead County Hunting Club, Inc., Willis and Patty Smith, CharlesTurner, Donald and Mary Johnson, and Shultz Family Management Company submitted afiling to incorporate their Memorandum of Law and Reply to SWEPCO's Response toMemorandum of Law as their Opening Brief in this matter.

On October 11, 2010, Customers Advancing Responsible Rates, Inc. submitted an Applicationfor Rehearing requesting the APSC to reconsider Order No. 17 which denied CARR's Petitionto Intervene.

On October 21, 2010, the APSC General Staff submitted its response to CustomersAdvancing Responsible Rates, Inc.'s Application for Rehearing filed on October 8, 2010.

On October 29, 2010, Bob Tumilty submitted Supplemental Testimony on behalf of SWEPCO.

On October 29, 2010, Paul Hassink submitted Supplemental Testimony on behalf ofSWEPCO.

On October 29, 2010, Venita McCellon-Allen submitted Direct Testimony on behalf ofSWEPCO.

On October 29, 2010, George Carpenter submitted Supplemental Testimony on behalf ofSWEPCO.

On November 5, 2010, the APSC issued Order No. 18 in 08-001-U, Order No. 21 in 08-002-U,and Order No. 12 in 08-098-U. This is an Order on Rehearing/Clarification addressing theHempstead County Hunting Club’s October 6, 2010 Application for Rehearing or Clarificationseeking reconsideration of the Commission’s joint procedural order issued September 23,2010.

On November 10, 2010, the APSC issued Order No. 19 in 08-001-U, Order No. 22 in 08-002-U,and Order No. 13 in 08-098-U. The APSC denied the application for rehearing filed October11, 2010, by Customers Advancing Responsible Rates, Inc. ("CARR"). The APSC had deniedCARR’s petition to intervene in these proceedings on September 23, 2010.

On November 12, 2010, Willis B Smith, Jr. and Patty F. Smith, Intervenors, submitted their

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first set of interrogatories and requests for production of documents to SWEPCO.

On November 12, 2010, Willis B Smith, Jr. and Patty F. Smith, Intervenors, submitted theirfirst set of interrogatories and requests for production of documents to SPP.

On November 29, 2010, SPP submitted responses to Intervenor's, Willis B Smith, Jr. andPatty F. Smith, First Set of Interrogatories and Requests for Production of Documents.

On November 30, 2010, Hempstead County Hunting Club, Inc., et. al, submitted a Motion toStrike or Compel and Motion for Stay Pending Review by Arkansas Supreme Court.

The Intervenors moved to strike the testimony of Bob Tumilty, Venita McCellon-Allen, andJoseph Paul Hassink, which seek to establish a "need" for the transmission lines with theTurk Plant being constructed as a merchant generation facility. The Intervenors also moved tostrike the Supplemental Testimony of George Carpenter which identified two variances fromthe transmission routes approved by the Commission.

In the event the Commission fails to strike the testimony filed by SWEPCO, Intervenorsrequested that the Commission compel SWEPCO to respond to discovery that waspropounded to determine the basis for the statements contained in that testimony.

On November 30, 2010, Clark D. Cotten submitted Supplemental Testimony on behalf of theAPSC in order to address whether SWEPCO's decision to construct the Turk Generatingfacility as a merchant generation facility changes or affects the need for the transmission linesand associated facilities.

On December 9, 2010, SWEPCO, Peggy Cullipher Mahurin and Mike Mahurin, and James H.Day submitted a Joint Petition for Variance Along the Approved Route for the Authorized New138 KV Transmission Line.

On December 9, 2010, SWEPCO submitted its response to the Motion to Strike or Compeland Motion for Stay Pending Review by Arkansas Supreme Court. SWEPCO requested thatthe Intervenors' motion be denied.

On December 10, 2010, the APSC General Staff filed its Response to Motion to Strike orCompel and Motion for Stay.

Staff requested that the Commission deny the Motion to Strike or Compel and Motion for StayPending Review by Arkansas Supreme Court, filed by Intervenors on November 30, 2010.

On December 17, 2010, the APSC issued Order No. 20 establishing a comment due date ofJanuary 18, 2011, in response to the December 9, 2010 Joint Petition for Variance Along theApproved Route for Authorized New 138 kV Transmission Line.

08-002-U In the Matter of the Application of Southwestern Electric Power Company ("SWEPCO")for a Certificate of Environmental Capability and Public Need ("CECPN") for theConstruction, Ownership, Operation and Maintenance of a 138 kV Transmission LineOriginating at the Sugar Hill Station Located Near Texarkana, Arkansas andTerminating at a Proposed Station to be Constructed at the John W. Turk, Jr.Generation Facility Located in Hempstead County, Arkansas and for the Proposed TurkStation and Related Facilities


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On October 29, 2010, Venita McCellon-Allen submitted Direct Testimony on behalf ofSWEPCO.





On November 12, 2010, Willis B Smith, Jr. and Patty F. Smith, Intervenors, submitted theirfirst set of interrogatories and requests for production of documents to SWEPCO.



The Intervenors moved to strike the testimony of Bob Tumilty, Venita McCellon-Allen, andJoseph Paul Hassink, which seek to establish a "need" for the transmission lines with theTurk Plant being constructed as a merchant generation facility. The Intervenors also moved to

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strike the Supplemental Testimony of George Carpenter which identified two variances fromthe transmission routes approved by the Commission.






08-098-U In the Matter of the Application of Southwestern Electric Power Company ("SWEPCO")for a Certificate of Environmental Capability and Public Need ("CECPN") for theConstruction, Ownership, Operation and Maintenance of a 345 kV Transmission LineOriginating at the NW Texarkana Station Located Near Leary, Bowie County, Texasand Terminating at a Proposed Station to be Constructed at the John W. Turk, Jr.Generation Facility Located in Hempstead County, Arkansas








On October 29, 2010, Venita McCellon-Allen submitted Direct Testimony on behalf of

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SWEPCO.






On November 12, 2010, Willis B Smith, Jr. and Patty F. Smith, Intervenors, submitted theirfirst set of interrogatories and requests for production of documents to SWEPCO.




The Intervenors moved to strike the testimony of Bob Tumilty, Venita McCellon-Allen, andJoseph Paul Hassink, which seek to establish a "need" for the transmission lines with theTurk Plant being constructed as a merchant generation facility. The Intervenors also moved tostrike the Supplemental Testimony of George Carpenter which identified two variances fromthe transmission routes approved by the Commission.





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08-135-R In the Matter of Amendments to the Rules of Practice and Procedure ("RPPs") of theArkansas Public Service Commission

On October 1, 2010, pursuant to Order No. 7, the APSC General Staff submitted its proposedrevisions to the Commission Rules of Practice and Procedure general rate change applicationMinimum Filing Requirements.

Several parties submitted reply comments regarding Section 6 of RPPs.

On October 21, 2010, the APSC General Staff submitted a motion to amend the proceduralschedule for electronic filing comments. Staff requested an extension for filing sur-replycomments from October 26 to October 29, 2010.

Several parties submitted initial comments concerning proposed Rules and Practice andProcedure and Minimum Filing Requirements.

On October 25. 2010, the APSC issued Order No. 9, granting Staff's motion to extend the datefor filing sur-reply comments to October 29, 2010.

On October 29, 2010, the APSC General Staff submitted Sur-Reply Comments concerning theelectronic filing components of the RPPs.

On November 15, 2010, the APSC issued Order No. 10 approving the new RPPs and theElectronic Filing User's Agreement related to the electronic filings process to be implementedon January 3, 2011.

On December 7, 2010, Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation submitted a Motion toAmend Procedural Schedule. AECC requested that Reply Comments be due by Noon onDecember 17, 2010, instead of December 10, 2010.

On December 8, 2010, the APSC issued Order No. 11 granting AECC's request for ReplyComments to be due December 17, 2010, instead of December 10, 2010.

Several parties submitted Reply Comments, pursuant to Order No. 7, concerning proposedRules and Practice and Procedure and Minimum Filing Requirements.

08-136-U In the Matter of an Inquiry into Electric Transmission Issues within the Areas Served bythe Southwest Power Pool Regional Transmission Organization and the EntergyCorporation as such Issues Affect Electric Service within Arkansas

On October 1, 2010, SPP filed the ICT's Third Quarterly Performance Report for 2010. Thisreport covers the time period June 1, 2010 through August 31, 2010.

On October 18, 2010, SPP filed the September 2010 State of the Market Report pursuant toOrder No. 2.

On November 16, 2010, SPP filed the October 2010 State of the Market Report pursuant toOrder No. 2.

On December 16, 2010, SPP filed the WPP Quarterly Report for September 2010 throughNovember 2010.

On December 21, 2010, SPP filed the November 2010 State of the Market Report pursuant toOrder No. 2.

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08-137-U In the Matter of the Consideration of Innovative Approaches to Ratebase, Rate ofReturn Ratemaking Including, but not limited to, Annual Earnings Reviews, FormulaRates, and Incentive Rates for Jurisdictional Electric and Natural Gas Public Utilities

On October 1, 2010, SPP submitted notice that it will not be filing comments in response toOrder No. 12.

Several parties submitted comments in response to Order No. 12.

On October 11, 2010, the APSC issued Order No. 13. The Commission directed ArkansasOklahoma Gas Corporation, Arkansas Western Gas Company, CenterPoint Energy ArkansasGas, The Empire District Electric Company, Entergy Arkansas, Inc., Oklahoma Gas &Electric Company, and Southwestern Electric Power Company to address in their replycomments their joint request for approval of an Lost Contribution to Fixed Cost ("LCFC")Mechanism, their comments regarding an appropriate mechanism for recovery of LCFC, andtheir illustrative model of an Energy Efficiency Cost Recovery ("EECR") Rider calculation.

On October 20, 2010, numerous parties submitted Reply Comments in response to OrderNos. 12 and 13.

On November 1, 2010, CenterPoint Energy submitted a letter to APSC requesting that theSchedule 9 originally filed with the Joint Comments be replaced with the attached illustrativeSchedules 9a, 9b, and 9c.

A public hearing was held on November 3, 2010.

On November 9, 2010, numerous parties filed post-hearing legal briefs.

On November 12, 2010, several parties filed post-hearing legal reply briefs.

On December 10, 2010, the APSC issued Order No. 14, Order Approving Joint Utility Motionfor Lost Contributions to Fixed Costs, as Modified.

On December 10, 2010, the APSC issued Order No. 15, Order Regarding Utility EnergyEfficiency Incentives.

This Order approved a general policy under which the Commission will approve incentives toreward achievement in the delivery of essential energy conservation services by investor ownedpublic utilities in Arkansas. This Order also established energy savings goals.

On December 10, 2010, the APSC issued an Order Establishing a Collaborative to Develop anEvaluation, Measurement and Verification Protocol and Propose EM&V Amendments to theCommission's Rules for Conservation and Energy Efficiency Programs.

The Commission directed that an EM&V expert be engaged and to work with Staff to suggestEM&V rule changes requiring the implementation of EM&V in accordance with NAPEE bestpractices on or before June 1, 2011.

08-144-U In the Matter of a Notice of Inquiry regarding the Expanded Development ofSustainable Energy Resources in Arkansas

On October 14, 2010, the APSC issued a press release stating it will conduct a workshop onFriday, October 22, 2010, from 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM to discuss energy efficiency andrenewable energy resources in Arkansas Agriculture. The event will be held at the Arkansas

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Farm Bureau in Little Rock, located at 10720 Kanis Road.

On December 10, 2010, the APSC issued the Sustainable Energy Resources Action Guide.

On December 10, 2010, the APSC issued Order No. 17, an Order Defining "Comprehensive" inthe Planning, Approval and Implementation of Essential Energy Efficiency Services.



On December 10, 2010, the APSC issued an Order Addressing Smart Grid, AdvancedMetering Infrastructure, and Related Demand Response Technologies.

In this Order, the Commission established Docket No. 10-102-U, In the Matter of theConsideration of Smart Grid, Advanced Metering Infrastructure, and Related DemandResponse Technologies.

On December 10, 2010, the APSC issued an Order Opening Docket to Consider IssuesRelated to Electric and Natural Gas Vehicles.

In this Order, the Commission established Docket No. 10-103-U, In the Matter of theConsideration of Electric Vehicles and Natural Gas Vehicles.

On December 10, 2010, the APSC issued an Order Opening Docket to Consider EnergyEfficiency on the Utility Side of the Meter.

In this Order, the Commission established Docket No. 10-104-U, In the Matter of theConsideration of Energy Efficiency on the Utility Side of the Meter.

09-128-U In the Matter of the Application of Southwest Power Pool, Inc. for Authority to Issue upto $150,000,000 in Secured and Non-Secured Promissory Notes

On October 28, 2010, SPP submitted a Notice of FERC Errata Order. FERC issued an Erratato the May 19, 2010 Order in which it changed the authorization to allow for the UnsecuredNotes having maturities of 3 to 40 years.

On November 1, 2010, Robert Daniel filed his Second Supplemental Direct Testimony onbehalf of APSC General Staff regarding SPP’s October 28, 2010 Notice of FERC Errata Order.

On November 2, 2010, the APSC issued Order No. 3 authorizing SPP to issue unsecuredpromissory notes in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $150 million with therequested maturity dates approved by FERC.

On November 19, 2010, SPP submitted a copy of a loan agreement dated October 28, 2010,pursuant to Order No. 1.

10-010-U In the Matter of a Notice of Inquiry into Energy Efficiency ("EE NOI Docket")

On October 1, 2010, the APSC General Staff submitted Appendices A, B and C, which wereinadvertently left out of the General Staff's Report and Recommendation filed on September 30,

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2010.

Several parties submitted legal briefs pursuant to Order No. 7.

Public hearings were held on October 18-19, 2010.

On October 29, 2010, the APSC General Staff submitted its report and recommendation onEnergy Efficiency reporting needs based on its participation in the Reporting Needs WorkingGroup.

Several parties submitted post-hearing briefs.

On December 10, 2010, the APSC issued an Order Establishing Participation Options forCommercial and Industrial Customers in Utility Energy Efficiency Programs and Portfolios, andOpening a Rulemaking to Develop Amendments to the Rules for Conservation and EnergyEfficiency Programs that Create a Self-Directed Option for Large Consumers of Electric andGas Utilities.



On December 10, 2010, the APSC issued Order No. 11, in which the Commission declined toadopt Full Fuel Cycle Efficiency as an energy efficiency program justification under theCommission's Rules for Conservation and Energy Efficiency.

On December 10, 2010, the APSC issued Order No. 12, in which the Commission declined topursue an Independent Administrator to implement EE programs at this time in order tomonitor the success of new policies adopted by the Commission contemporaneous with thisOrder.

10-011-U In the Matter of a Show Cause Order Directed to Entergy Arkansas, Inc. ("EAI")Regarding Its Continued Membership in the Current Entergy System Agreement("ESA"), or Any Successor Agreement Thereto, and Regarding the Future Operationand Control of Its Transmission Assets

On October 1, 2010, in response to Order No. 11, SPP submitted its status report detailing:

1) the progress of the addendum Arkansas-only study, including any outstanding SPP orCharles River Associates ("CRA") data requests submitted to Entergy Corporation("Entergy")/Entergy Arkansas, Inc. ("EAI") for which Entergy/EAI have either failed to submittimely responses or have submitted responses that are either incomplete, inaccurate ornon-responsive or have refused to provide the requested response or data; and2) those discussions or meetings between SPP and EAI regarding the option of EAI as astand-alone Operating Company becoming a member of SPP.

On October 1, 2010, Hugh T. McDonald submitted Supplemental Direct Testimony on behalf ofEntergy Arkansas, Inc.

Pursuant to Order No. 1, Mr. McDonald is required to file Supplemental Testimony on the first

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business day of each month detailing (a) Entergy’s and EAI’s progress toward thedevelopment of a new Entergy System Agreement and (b) the progress of the EAI stand-alonestudy.

Mr. McDonald discussed EAI’s assessment of RTO options.

On October 1, 2010, Entergy Arkansas and SPP submitted their joint response to Order No. 2for the month of September. As of March 31, 2010, the Seams Agreement addressed allareas targeted for coordination through the ESI/SPP seams agreement. EntergyTransmission and SPP are actively pursuing timely implementation of the Seams Agreement.

On October 4, 2010, the Attorney General submitted a Second Set of Data Requests toEntergy Arkansas, Inc.

On October 6, 2010, EAI submitted its response to question APSC 1-2 of the First Set of DataRequests of the APSC.

On October 12, 2010, the APSC issued Order No. 23 providing additional information regardingthe November 10, 2010, on-the-record technical conference. EAI is to pre-file its presentationsin this docket by noon, October 29, 2010.

On October 19, 2010, Entergy submitted a letter indicating that the presentations EAI recentlyprovided to the respective regulatory authorities concerning the initial Commitment, Operationsand Dispatch Agreement ("CODA") were substantively identical to those attached to Hurstell’sSupplemental Direct Testimony and, therefore, will not be filed separately with the APSC.

On October 29, 2010, Entergy submitted the agenda and materials to be presented at theNovember 10, 2010 on-the-record technical conference regarding successor arrangements.

On November 1, 2010, Entergy Arkansas and SPP submitted their joint response to Order No.2 for the month of October. As of March 31, 2010, the Seams Agreement addressed all areastargeted for coordination through the ESI/SPP seams agreement. Entergy Transmission andSPP are actively pursuing timely implementation of the Seams Agreement.

On November 1, 2010, Hugh T. McDonald submitted Supplemental Direct Testimony on behalfof Entergy Arkansas, Inc.

Pursuant to Order No. 1, Mr. McDonald is required to file Supplemental Testimony on the firstbusiness day of each month detailing (a) Entergy’s and EAI’s progress toward thedevelopment of a new Entergy System Agreement and (b) the progress of the EAI stand-alonestudy.

Mr. McDonald discussed EAI’s assessment of RTO options.

On November 1, 2010, in response to Order No. 11, SPP submitted its status report detailing:


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On November 1, 2010, SPP filed the Charles River Associates Cost-Benefit Analysis ofEntergy Arkansas, Inc. Joining the SPP RTO.

On November 1, 2010, SPP filed the Charles River Associates Cost-Benefit Analysis ofEntergy and Cleco Power Joining the SPP RTO.

On November 5, 2010, APSC Staff submitted the presentation which was given by MISOduring Staff's educational tour of MISO's operations center and related facilities on November1, 2010.

On November 10, 2010, SPP submitted a Motion for Protective Order of Non-Disclosure.

On November 10, 2010, Entergy held a technical conference to discuss the draft ESAsuccessor arrangement filed by EAI.

On November 10, 2010, the APSC issued Order No. 24, a subpoena to Entergy Arkansas, Inc.to file a copy of the United States Department of Justice Civil Investigate Demand byNovember 15, 2010.

On November 10, 2010, the APSC issued Order No. 25, which summarizes the October 29,2010 FERC Audit Report Findings and Recommendations and invites the parties to addressthe FERC Audit Report in their Direct Testimonies due to be filed January 28, 2011.

On November 16, 2010, Entergy Arkansas, Inc. filed its response to Order No. 24 andSupplemental Motion for Protective Order.

EAI objected to Order No. 24, but is agreeable to producing the Department of Justice CivilInvestigate Demand pursuant to appropriate protections as set forth in Exhibit D of theirNovember 16, 2010 filing. EAI requested a stay of Order No. 24 pending the entry of anappropriate Protective Order.

On November 23, 2010, the APSC issued Order No. 26. The Commission issued an InterimProtective Order covering the U.S. Department of Justice Civil Investigate Demand ("CID") andrestricting access to the CID as requested by EAI.

On November 29, 2010, SPP submitted an Amended Motion for Protective Order ofNon-Disclosure.

On December 1, 2010, in response to Order No. 11, SPP submitted its status report detailing:


On December 1, 2010, Southwestern Electric Power Company submitted its response toSPP's Amended Motion for Protective Order of Non-Disclosure. SWEPCO has no objections.

On December 1, 2010, Hugh T. McDonald submitted Supplemental Direct Testimony on behalfof Entergy Arkansas, Inc.

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Pursuant to Order No. 1, Mr. McDonald is required to file Supplemental Testimony on the firstbusiness day of each month detailing (a) Entergy’s and EAI’s progress toward thedevelopment of a new Entergy System Agreement and (b) the progress of the EAI stand-alonestudy.

On December 1, 2010, Entergy Arkansas and SPP submitted their joint response to Order No.2 for the month of November. As of March 31, 2010, the Seams Agreement addressed allareas targeted for coordination through the ESI/SPP seams agreement. EntergyTransmission and SPP are actively pursuing timely implementation of the Seams Agreement.

On December 3, 2010, the APSC issued Order No. 27, in which the Commission responds toEAI's Petition for Clarification of Order No. 20 filed on September 29, 2010.

On December 6, 2010, the APSC General Staff filed its response to SPP's Amended Motionfor Protective Order. Staff did not object to the Commission entering an interim protectiveorder for the Confidential Information described in SPP's Amended Motion if Staff is reservedthe right to contest at a future date SPP's entitlement to a protective order for all or portions ofthe information.

On December 7, 2010, Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation filed a response to SPP'sAmended Motion for Protective Order. AECC does not object to the issuance of such aprotective order, provided that the Commission clarifies that such order and all other protectiveorders issued in this proceeding will be reasonably interpreted to allow access to HighlySensitive Protected Information to reviewing representatives who do not buy or sell in thecompetitive market for electric energy and capacity and do not represent other individuals whodo.

On December 9, 2010, Entergy filed a Motion to Modify Procedural Schedule.

EAI recommended the following schedule/deadlines for review of EAI’s evaluation of itsstrategic options:1) March 22 2011 - Technical Conference (instead of Jan. 11, 2010 as currently scheduled)(an errata filing was submitted on December 13, 2010 correcting the proposed date fromMarch 15 to March 22);2) May 12, 2011 - EAI Supplemental Direct Testimony providing an initial assessment of itsstrategic options;3) July 12, 2011 - Staff and Intervenor Rebuttal Testimony;4) August 9, 2011 - EAI Surrebuttal Testimony; and5) August 23, 2010 - Public Hearing

EAI stated that the changes proposed will afford all parties reasonable opportunities tocomment on EAI's evaluation of its strategic options, and they will afford the Commission areasonable opportunity to review the testimony of the parties, conduct hearings, and render adecision on the issues presented.

On December 9, 2010, Hugh McDonald submitted Supplemental Direct Testimony, on behalfof Entergy Arkansas, in support of Entergy's Motion to Modify Procedural Schedule.

On December 9, 2010, John Hurstell submitted Supplemental Direct Testimony, on behalf ofEntergy Arkansas, in support of Entergy's Motion to Modify Procedural Schedule.

On December 13, 2010, Entergy submitted an errata page for EAI's Motion to ModifyProcedural Schedule filed on Thursday, December 9, 2010. The proposed technical

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conference date was misstated as March 15, 2011, rather than the correct date of March 22,2011.

On December 15, 2010, Entergy Arkansas submitted its Reply to Response of ArkansasElectric Cooperative Corporation to Amended Motion for Protective Order. EAI requested thatthe Commission grant SPP's Amended Motion for Protective Order of Non-Disclosurerestricting access to HSPI information to reviewing representatives who are able to representthat they are not themselves participants in the competitive electric energy and capacitymarket nor do they represent others who are participants in the competitive electric energyand capacity market.

On December 15, 2010, SPP filed its Reply to the Response of Arkansas Electric CooperativeCorporation to Amended Motion for Protective Order. SPP stated that it determines access toconfidential information based on an individual's job functions and not based on the entity he orshe works for, or represents. SPP is in the process of revising its own internal procedures andnon-disclosure agreements to comply with this approach.

On December 16, 2010, the Consumer Utilities Rate Advocacy Division of the ArkansasAttorney General's Office submitted its response to EAI's Motion to Modify ProceduralSchedule, objecting to EAI's request to reduce Staff and Intervenor opportunities to presenttestimony from three rounds to one.

On December 16, 2010, the APSC General Staff filed its Response to Entergy Arkansas,Inc.'s Motion to Modify Procedural Schedule. Staff did not oppose moving the technicalconference now scheduled for January 11, 2011, to March 22, 2011. Staff recommended thefollowing procedural schedule:

1) May 12, 2011 (by Noon) - EAI assessment Testimony (per Order No. 24;2) July 12, 2011 (by Noon) - Staff and Intervenors Supplemental Initial Testimony;3) August 2, 20100 (by Noon) - EAI Rebuttal Testimony;4) August 16, 2011 (by Noon) - Staff and Intervenors Surrebuttal Testimony;5) August 23, 2011 (by Noon) - EAI Sur-surrebuttal Testimony;6) September 7, 2011 (9:30 AM) - Hearing.

On December 16, 2010, Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation filed its response to EAI'sMotion to Modify Procedural Schedule. AECC requested that the Commission (1) preservethe right of Staff and Intervenors to file testimony on January 28 (or February 11) for thepurpose of addressing subjects that can be addressed at that time; and (2) modify theproposed dates for the filing of subsequent testimony.

On December 17, 2010, the APSC General Staff filed its Staff Response and Brief to EntergyArkansas, Inc.'s Response and Supplemental Motion for Protective Order. Staff requestedthat the Commission not withdraw its subpoena, and that the Commission continue itsprotective order modified as suggested in this filing.

On December 17, 2010, the Attorney General's Office submitted its Legal Brief in Response toOrder No. 26.

On December 17, 2010, EAI submitted its Response to Staff's and Attorney General'sRevisions to EAI's Proposed Procedural Schedules. EAI requested that the Commission grantthe revisions to the procedural schedule recommended by the Staff and Attorny General'sOffice.

On December 20, 2010, the APSC issued Order No. 28, which established an Interim

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Protective Order pursuant to SPP's motions filed on November 10 and November 29, 2010.

Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation's proposed clarification of the Commission'sstanding Highly Sensitive Protected Information access restrictions was denied.

10-036-U In the Matter of the Application of Southwestern Electric Power Company for aCertificate of Public Convenience and Necessity for the Construction, Ownership,Operation and Maintenance of Two Transmission Lines at the Proposed Station to beConstructed at the John W. Turk, Jr. Generation Facility Located in Hempstead County,Arkansas and Terminating at the Existing Okay to Hope Transmission Line and RelatedFacilities

On November 23, 2010, the APSC issued Order No. 4 granting SWEPCO's CCN Applicationto construct and operate two new transmission lines and related facilities to connect theexisting Okay to Hope transmission line to the Turk Station.

10-041-U In the Matter of the Application of Plains and Eastern Clean Line LLC for a Certificateof Public Convenience and Necessity to Operate as an Electric Transmission PublicUtility in the State of Arkansas

On October 19, 2010, the APSC General Staff and Arkansas Attorney General submitted theirPre-Hearing Briefs.

On October 19, 2010, M. Shawn McMurray submitted testimony on behalf of the ArkansasAttorney General.

On November 9, 2010, Michael Skelly submitted Rebuttal Testimony on behalf of Plains andEastern Clean Line LLC.

On November 9, 2010, Plains and Eastern Clean Line LLC submitted a Reply Brief.

A hearing was held on December 7, 2010.

10-074-U In the Matter of the Application of Southwestern Electric Power Company for aCertificate of Environmental Compatibility and Public Need for the Construction,Ownership, Operation and Maintenance of the Proposed Flint Creek to Shipe RoadProject and Associated Facilities to be Located in Benton County, Arkansas

On October 4, 2010, Jennifer Jackson submitted Direct Testimony on behalf of SWEPCO inorder to develop a customer impact estimate based on SWEPCO's CECPN Application filed inthis proceeding.

On October 7, 2010, SWEPCO submitted a Motion for Permission to Publish Notice. It hascome to SWEPCO's attention that publication in a newspaper with general circulation of thenotice of intention to file the CECPN application was inadvertently omitted.

On October 8, 2010, APSC Staff filed a letter from the Arkansas Natural ResourcesCommission stating that there appears to be no objections to the Flint Creek to Shipe Roadproject.

On October 8, 2010, Staff filed its Response to Motion for Permission to Publish Notice. Staffhad no objection.

On October 11, 2010, the APSC issued Order No. 5 which granted SWEPCO's Motion forPermission to Publish Notice filed on October 7, 2010.

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On October 15, 2010, the APSC filed a letter from the Arkansas Department of Health whichrequested that the construction specifications for stream crossings be provided to their officefor review if the decisions is made to use the 161 kV transmission line segments 12, 20, 25,and 26.

On October 26, 2010, SWEPCO submitted Affidavit of Publication as approved by Order No. 5issued on October 11, 2010.

On November 17, 2010, Darren Horton submitted Direct Testimony on behalf of Darren L.Horton and Karen A. Horton, Intervenors.

On December 3, 2010, Ashley N. Beasley, Jr. submitted Rebuttal Testimony on behalf ofSWEPCO.

10-100-R In the Matter of a Rulemaking to Adopt an Evaluation, Measurement, and VerificationProtocol and Propose EM&V Amendments to the Commission's Rules for Conservationand Energy Efficiency Programs



10-101-R In the Matter of the Institution of a Rulemaking to Adopt Amendments to theCommission's Rules on Conservation & Energy Efficiency to Allow Self-DirectedPrograms for Large Consumers

On December 10, 2010, the APSC issued an Order Establishing Participation Options forCommercial and Industrial Customers in Utility Energy Efficiency Programs and Portfolios, andOpening a Rulemaking to Develop Amendments to the Rules for Conservation and EnergyEfficiency Programs that Create a Self-Directed Option for Large Consumers of Electric andGas Utilities.



10-102-U In the Matter of the Consideration of Smart Grid, Advanced Metering Infrastructure,and Related Demand Response Technologies

On December 10, 2010, the APSC issued an Order Addressing Smart Grid, AdvancedMetering Infrastructure, and Related Demand Response Technologies.

In this Order, the Commission established Docket No. 10-102-U, In the Matter of theConsideration of Smart Grid, Advanced Metering Infrastructure, and Related DemandResponse Technologies.

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10-103-U In the Matter of the Consideration of Electric Vehicles and Natural Gas Vehicles

On December 10, 2010, the APSC issued an Order Opening Docket to Consider IssuesRelated to Electric and Natural Gas Vehicles.

In this Order, the Commission established Docket No. 10-103-U, In the Matter of theConsideration of Electric Vehicles and Natural Gas Vehicles.

10-104-U In the Matter of the Consideration of Energy Efficiency on the Utility Side of the Meter

On December 10, 2010, the APSC issued an Order Opening Docket to Consider EnergyEfficiency on the Utility Side of the Meter.

In this Order, the Commission established Docket No. 10-104-U, In the Matter of theConsideration of Energy Efficiency on the Utility Side of the Meter.

SC10-1094 Hempstead County Hunting Club, Inc. v. Southwestern Electric Power Company

Briefs are currently being filed by the parties.

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FERC or State Jurisdiction: State of Louisiana

U-28155 Investigation of the Continued Participation of Entergy Louisiana, LLC and EntergyGulf States Louisiana, LLC in the Independent Coordinator of Transmission ("ICT")Arrangement, Potential Enhancements to the ICT, Potential Alternatives to the ICT, theImpact of Alternatives on LPSC Jurisdictional Ratepayers

On October 11, 2010, Entergy submitted notice to the LPSC that it has filed for a two-yearextension of the ICT Arrangement in FERC Docket No. ER10-2748.

On November 1, 2010, Entergy submitted a Status Report on Matters Relating to theExpiration of the Independent Coordinator of Transmission Arrangement.

On November 18, 2010, Entergy submitted a Supplemental Application for Approval of InterimExtension of Independent Coordinator of Transmission Arrangement. Entergy requested thatthe Commission approve an interim extension of the ICT Arrangement for two years.

On November 18, 2010, Entergy submitted an Affidavit of Mark F. McCulla in support of theSupplemental Application for Approval of Interim Extension of Independent Coordinator ofTransmission Arrangement.

On December 1, 2010, Entergy submitted a Status Report on Matters Relating to theExpiration of the Independent Coordinator of Transmission Arrangement.

On December 17, 2010, SPP filed a Petition of Intervention.

On December 28, 2010, the LPSC issued a Notice of Status Conference to be held on January7, 2011 at 10:30 AM.

U-29702 Application of Southwestern Electric Power Company ("SWEPCO") for Certification ofContracts for the Purchase of Capacity and to Purchase, Operate, Own and InstallPeaking, Intermediate and Baseload Generating Facilities

The Independent Monitor's Report on Arsenal Hill continues to be filed in this proceeding.

U-31509 Application of Entergy Louisiana, LLC and Entergy Gulf States Louisiana, LLC forApproval of Certain Proposed Modifications to the Independent Coordinator ofTransmission ("ICT") Arrangement

On October 11, 2010, Entergy submitted the following:

1) Memorandum of Understanding among Entergy Operating Companies, Entergy Services,Inc. and the Entergy Regional State Committee; and2) Proposed Attachment X to the Entergy Open Access Transmission Tariff.

On October 11, 2010, Entergy submitted a corrected version of the Proposed Attachment X.

On October 12, 2010, Commission Staff filed its Staff's Report and Recommendation. Staffrecommended that Entergy's application be approved.

On December 9, 2010, the LPSC issued an order approving Entergy's Application for Approvalof Certain Proposed Modifications to the ICT Arrangement.

In the Application, the Entergy Operating Companies proposed to modify the current ICT

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arrangement to give the Entergy Regional State Committee ("E-RSC") the authority, byunanimous vote by all E-RSC members, to direct the Entergy Operating Companies (1) tomake a filing pursuant to Section 205 of the Federal Power Act to change the waytransmission upgrade costs are allocated under the Entergy Open Access Transmission Tariff;and (2) to add specific projects to the Entergy Construction Plan.

Also in conjunction with the issuance of this Order, the Commission authorized CommissionerField, as the Commission E-RSC Board of Directors representative, to vote to adopt andapprove the Memorandum of Understanding between Entergy and the E-RSC, the newAttachment X, and the Amendment to the E-RSC Bylaws substantially in the form presentedto the LPSC in this proceeding and at the October 2010 E-RSC meeting.

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FERC or State Jurisdiction: State of Missouri

EO-2011-0128 In the Matter of the Application of Union Electric Company for Authority to Continue theTransfer of Functional Control of Its Transmission System to Midwest IndependentTransmission System Operator, Inc.

On November 1, 2010, Union Electric Company d/b/a Ameren Missouri submitted a VerifiedApplication to Extend Permission and Authority for Participation in Regional TransmissionOrganization.

On November 2, 2010, the MoPSC issued an Order Providing Notice and EstablishingIntervention Deadline.

Deadline to intervene is November 24, 2010.

On November 23, 2010, SPP filed an Application to Intervene.

On December 7, 2010, the MoPSC issued an order granting SPP's Application to Intervene.

On December 7, 2010, the MoPSC issued an order scheduling a prehearing conferencebeginning at 2:00 p.m. on December 22, 2010

EO-2011-0134 In the Matter of an Investigation Into Southwest Power Pool Cost Allocations and CostOverruns

On November 8, 2010, the MoPSC issued a Notice Opening File.

On November 23, 2010, the MoPSC issued an Order Opening an Investigation into SouthwestPower Pool Cost Allocations and Cost Overruns. This case is established to investigate theSouthwest Power Pool’s process for selecting projects including cost estimates andcost-benefit analysis, the issue of novations and what to do about construction cost overrunsfor new transmission projects. The Commission's goal is to finish the investigation by June 1,2011, and to make any recommendations for improving the process to the SPP Regional StateCommittee ("RSC") and SPP.

The following procedural dates were established:December 31, 2010 - Parties to complete a report detailing the costs and benefits of SPPmembership for Empire District Electric Company;December 31, 2010 - Comments due concerning the issue of construction cost overruns aswell as problems posed by novations;January 14, 2011 - Reply Comments due concerning the issue of construction cost overrunsas well as problems posed by novations;February 4, 2011 - Comments due concerning the issue of how SPP selects projects to bebuilt, including the issue of cost estimates and cost-benefit analysis; andFebruary 18, 2011 - Reply Comments due concerning the issue of how SPP selects projectsto be built, including the issue of cost estimates and cost-benefit analysis.

On December 29, 2010, SPP filed comments in response to the November 23, 2010 OrderOpening an Investigation into Southwest Power Pool Cost Allocation and Cost Overruns.

On December 31, 2010, Kansas City Power & Light Company and KCP&L Greater MissouriOperations Company submitted comments in response to the November 23, 2010 Order

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Opening an Investigation into Southwest Power Pool Cost Allocation and Cost Overruns.

On December 31, 2010, The Empire District Electric Company submitted comments inresponse to the November 23, 2010 Order Opening an Investigation into Southwest PowerPool Cost Allocation and Cost Overruns.

EX-2010-0368 In the Matter of the Consideration and Implementation of Section 393.1075, theMissouri Energy Efficiency Investment Act

On October 5, 2010, the MoPSC issued a Notice of Rulemaking Hearing. A hearing toregarding Electric Utility Demand-Side Programs is scheduled for December 20, 2010.

Several entities submitted comments in response to the proposed rules for implementation ofSection 393.1075, as published in the Missouri Register on November 15, 2010.

A hearing was held on December 20, 2010, to discuss Electric Utility Demand-Side Programs.

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FERC or State Jurisdiction: State of New Mexico

07-00390-UT An Investigation into the Prudence of Southwestern Public Service Company's ("SPS")Participation in the SPP RTO

On December 13, 2010, SPP submitted the Integrated Transmission Plan 20-YearAssessment Report in accordance with Section 15 of the Uncontested Stipulation in NMPRCCase No. 07-00390-UT.

10-00143-UT In the Matter of the Petition of Lea County Electric Cooperative, Inc. ("LCEC") ForApproval to Transfer Certain Transmission Assets Under the Southwest Power Pool,Inc. Open Access Transmission Tariff

On October 1, 2010, Lea County Electric Cooperative, Inc., the New Mexico RegulationCommission, and SPP filed an Uncontested Stipulation.

On October 1, 2010, Pat Bourne submitted Direct Testimony Supporting UncontestedStipulation on behalf of SPP.

On October 1, 2010, Gary Hurse submitted Supplemental Testimony Supporting UncontestedStipulation on behalf of LCEC.

On October 14, 2010, Jack D. Sidler submitted Testimony in Support of the Stipulation onbehalf of the NMPRC.

On October 15, 2010, Charles W. Gunter submitted Direct Testimony in Support ofUncontested Stipulation on behalf of the NMPRC.

A public hearing was held on November 3, 2010, and was continued until November 30, 2010so that parties could submit supplemental testimony addressing questions of the hearingexaminer. Pat Bourne appeared as witness for SPP.

On November 22, 2010, Gary L. Hurse submitted his Second Supplemental Testimony onbehalf of Lea County Electric Cooperative, Inc. The purpose of this testimony is to clarify theintent of the Uncontested Stipulation as discussed at the November 3, 2010 hearing.

A public hearing was held on November 30, 2010. This was a continuation of the November 3,2010 hearing.

On December 9, 2010, the Hearing Examiner submitted a Certification of Stipulation to theNMPRC. The Hearing Examiner recommended that the Commission approve and adopt theStipulation in its entirety, and approve LCEC's participation in the SPP RTO on an interimbasis.

On December 16, 2010, the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission issued a Final OrderAdopting Certification of Stipulation.

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FERC or State Jurisdiction: State of Texas

37344 Information Related to the Entergy Regional State Committee ("ERSC")

On October 14, 2010, Commissioner Anderson provided a memorandum to ChairmanSmitherman and Commissioner Nelson in which Anderson discussed several issues toconsider in relation to Entergy Texas, Inc ("ETI"). Anderson discussed he believes theCommission should consider if ETI should join an ISO/RTO, and to do that the Commissionmay want to consider authorizing one or more additional studies.

38708 Project to Investigate the Entergy Successor Arrangement ("ESA")

Several parties submitted comments concerning whether Entergy Texas, Inc. should withdrawfrom the Entergy Successor Arrangement.

On October 29, 2010, the East Texas Cooperatives submitted comments stating:

1) the Commission should order Entergy Texas to fund a cost benefit study of Entergy Texasjoining SPP; and2) the Commission should understake administrative proceedings to develop a full record forfture decision-making.

On October 29, 2010, Entergy Texas, Inc. submitted comments regarding the Entergy SystemAgreement, a proposed replacement called CODA (Commitment, Operations and DispatchAgreement), and the studies to be completed by Charles River Associates.

38906 PUC Proceeding on Transmission Projects and Costs in the Southwest Power Pool

On November 9, 2010, Chairman Smitherman of the Public Utility Commission of Texasissued a memorandum concerning recent developments involving SPP and the selection andfunding of interstate electric transmission projects. Chairman Smitherman proposed the PUCTopen a project to receive comments from interested parties on how the PUCT or SPP rulesshould address his concerns in order to limit the burden on Texas ratepayers.

On November 19, 2010, the PUCT issued a Request for Comments on Transmission Projectsand Costs in the Southwest Power Pool.

Initial comments are due December 20, 2010. Reply comments are due December 28, 2010.

On December 20, 2010, American Electric Power Service Corporation, East TexasCooperatives, Southwestern Public Service Company, and Texas Industrial Energy Consumerssubmitted comments in response to the November 19, 2010 Request for Comments onTransmission Projects and Costs in the Southwest Power Pool.

On December 20, 2010, SPP submitted comments in response to the November 19, 2010Request for Comments on Transmission Projects and Costs in the Southwest Power Pool.

On December 28, 2010, SPP submitted Reply Comments. SPP stated while it believes thatits processes for development and adoption of the Priority Projects were robust and based onwell-vetted study assumptions, SPP acknowledges that its policies and processes can beimproved. Therefore, SPP and its stakeholders are actively considering policy and processimprovements.

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On December 28, 2010, the East Texas Cooperatives submitted Reply Comments. TheCooperatives stated they believe the SPP Transmission Owners' proposal for a cost estimatereview process is flawed, and that reasonable assumptions as to potential cost increases andother key factors must be included in SPP's cost effectiveness and cost/benefit analyses.

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