LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS - The board of directors of Southwest Power Pool (SPP) approved the 2020 SPP Transmission Expansion Plan Report, which includes a list of transmission projects that are planned for the SPP region over the next six years.

According to the report, seventy-eight projects will be constructed across eight states, at an estimated cost of $545 million, reports T&D World.

The plan includes two projects in Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma that will be competitively bid through the SPP's transmission owner selection process.

The projects are expected to enable a rapidly changing generation mix, improve reliability and reduce grid congestion.

Last year, SPP's member companies completed 39 transmission system upgrades in eight states at an estimated cost of $190 million.

Source: T&D World