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SPECIAL MEETING OF MEMBERS Summary of Action Items WebEx - January 26, 2021 1. Approved Annual Meeting of Members Minutes-October 27, 2020 2. Approved CGC recommendation for Members Committee IPP Sector Seat-Betsy Beck, Enel Green Power North America 3. Approved CGC recommendation of proposed SPP Board of Directors’ Compensation Structure 1 1 of 31 SPP Board of Directors/Members Committee Special Meeting of Members Minutes January 26, 2021 Minutes No. 65 SPECIAL MEETING OF MEMBERS MINUTES WebEx - January 26, 2021 Agenda Item 1 – Administrative Items SPP Board of Directors Chair Mr. Larry Altenbaumer called the special meeting to order at 8:00 a.m. Mr. Altenbaumer asked Mr. Paul Suskie to explain the voting process and rules on electronic voting for the Membership; members that have affiliate relationships have only one vote. Ms. Barbara Sugg reported the proxies. There were 176 people in attendance. (Attachments- Proxies, voting rules, and attendance list) Mr. Altenbaumer referred to the Annual Meeting of Members Minutes for approval from October 27, 2020. (Attachment - Minutes) Ms. Heather Starnes made a motion to approve the October 27, 2020 meeting minutes; seconded by Mr. Joe Lang. The motion passed unanimously. Agenda Item 2 – Corporate Governance Committee Ms. Sugg reviewed Corporate Governance Committee (CGC) activities (CGC Report to Membership - Attachment). She discussed the Markets and Operations Policy Committee re-organization and the new scope documents for working groups, advisory groups and user forums that will be be presented for approval during the board of directors meeting. She reported the reelection process for Board directors and presented the committee vacancies. She also provided the CGC recommendation that Betsy Beck with Enel Green Power North America be approved for the Members Committee Independent Power Producer (“IPP”) seat. Mr. Steve Gaw made a motion to approve Betsy Beck for the Members Committee IPP Sector seat; seconded by Ms. Heather Starnes. The Membership voted by eVote; the motion passed. Ms. Sugg proposed the SPP Board of Directors’ Compensation structure and provided the CGC recommendation that the Membership approve the proposed structure.. Mr. Dave Osburn made a motion to approve the SPP Board of Directors’ compensation structure as proposed; seconded by Rob Janssen. The Membership voted by eVote; the motion passed. With no further business, Mr. Altenbaumer adjourned the Special Meeting of Members at 8:23a.m. Respectfully Submitted, Paul Suskie, Corporate Secretary 2 2 of 31 BOARD OF DIRECTORS/MEMBERS COMMITTEE MEETING/SPECIAL MEETING OF MEMBERS January 26, 2021 - WebEx - 8:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Agenda Special Meeting of Members 1. Call to Order and Administrative Items……………………………………...………………….Mr. Larry Altenbaumer a. Approval of Minutes – October 27, 2020 2. Corporate Governance Committee ............................................................................................. Ms. Barbara Sugg a. Members Committee Election for IPP Sector Seat i. Betsy Beck, Enel Green Power North America b. Proposed SPP Board of Directors’ Compensation Structure Adjourn for Board of Directors/Members Committee Meeting Board of Directors/Members Committee Meeting 1. Call to Order and Administrative Items………………………………………………………….Mr. Larry Altenbaumer 2. Consent Agenda a. Approve December 7, 2020 Minutes b. CGC Committee Nominations · Finance Committee Nominations a. Al Tamimi, Sunflower Electric Power Co. – TO b. Matt Palowski, NextEra Energy Resources – TU · Human Resources Committee a. Scott Briggs, Oklahoma Gas & Electric –TO b. Maria Smedley, Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation – TU · Organizational Group Chair a. Credit Practices Working Group- Caleb Head c. Corporate Governance Committee-Approval of Scopes from MOPC Re-Organization · MOPC Working Groups: i. Economic Studies Working Group ii. Market Working Group iii. Operating Reliability Working Group iv. Project Cost Working Group v. Regional Tariff Working Group vi. Supply Adequacy Working Group vii. Transmission Working Group · MOPC Advisory Groups: i. Model Development Advisory Group ii. Reliability Compliance Advisory Group iii. Seams Advisory Group iv. Security Advisory Group v. System Protection and Control Advisory Group Antitrust: SPP strictly prohibits use of participation in SPP activities as a forum for engaging in practices or communications that violate the antitrust laws. Please avoid discussion of topics or behavior that would result in anti-competitive behavior, including but not limited to, agreements between or among competitors regarding prices, bid and offer practices, availability of service, product design, terms of sale, division of markets, allocation of customers or any other activity that might unreasonably restrain competition. 3 of 31 · MOPC User Forums: i. Change Users Forum ii. Generation Interconnection Users Forum iii. Operations Training Users Forum iv. Settlements Users Forum v. Transmission Service Users Forum · Credit Practices Working Group Scope d. Finance Committee i. Amendment to Borrowing Resolution e. Markets and Operations Policy Committee i. RR424 Separation of RC Area SOL Methodology from Planning Criteria ii. PCWG-Multi-Hobbs-Yokum 345/230 kV Ckt 1 iii. PCWG-OOB XFR McDowell 230 115kV f. Holistic Integrated Tariff Team Report i. M2: Study Offer Requirements for Variable Resources White Paper ii. M3: Study Automatic Mitigation of Unduly Low Offers White Paper iii. M4a: Study Economic Evaluations Of Reliability: Dynamic Line Rating Whitepaper g. Staff i. Sooner-Wekiwa 345kV Assignment ii. NTC 210542 EKC Modification iii. NTC 200282 Withdrawal-Dollarhide-Tobosa Flats iv. Santa Fe 138 kV Out-of-Cycle NTC Re-evaluation Request (Informational) h. MMU i. WEIS Market FCA Study Recommendation 3. Reports to the Board a. President’s Report ............................................................................................................. .Ms. Barbara Sugg b. Regional State Committee Report .........................................................RSC President Kristie Fiegen c. Oversight Committee Report ........................................................................................... .Mr. Josh Martin d. Finance Committee Report ....................................................................................... .Ms. Susan Certoma e. Strategic Planning Committee Report ............................................................ Mr. Larry Altenbaumer 4. Markets and Operations Policy Committee ....................................................................Ms. Denise Buffington a. 2021 SPP Transmission Expansion Plan Report 5. SPP Staff Recommendation a. 2020 ITP - Butler to Tioga 138kV Scope Recommendation ............................. Mr. Antoine Lucas Antitrust: SPP strictly prohibits use of participation in SPP activities as a forum for engaging in practices or communications that violate the antitrust laws. Please avoid discussion of topics or behavior that would result in anti-competitive behavior, including but not limited to, agreements between or among competitors regarding prices, bid and offer practices, availability of service, product design, terms of sale, division of markets, allocation of customers or any other activity that might unreasonably restrain competition. 4 of 31 6. SPP Member Value Statement .......................................................................................................Mr. Lanny Nickell 7. Future Meetings 2021 RSC/BOD April 26-7 ................................................................................................................................ Virtual RSC/BOD July 26-7 .................................................................................................................. Little Rock, AR RSC/BOD October 25-26....................................................................................................... Little Rock, AR BOD December 6 ...................................................................................................................Conference Call Adjourn for lunch and Board of Directors/Members Committee Executive Session (NOTE: Attendance for the executive session is limited to the Board of Directors, Members Committee, Officers, and members of the Human Resources Committee for certain portions of the session) Antitrust: SPP strictly prohibits use of participation in SPP activities as a forum for engaging in practices or communications that violate the antitrust laws. Please avoid discussion of topics or behavior that would result in anti-competitive behavior, including but not limited to, agreements between or among competitors regarding prices, bid and offer practices, availability of service, product design, terms of sale, division of markets, allocation of customers or any other activity that might unreasonably restrain competition. 5 of 31 Aaron Shipley SPP Adam McKinnie Missouri PSC Adam Schieffer OPPD Al Tamimi Sepc Alan Myers ITC Holdings Proxy for Brett Leopold-SMoM Amber Joyce Montana-Dakota Utilities Co. Andrew Lachowsky Arkansas Electric Coop Andrew French Kansas Corporation Commission Annette Holbert SPP Antoine Lucas SPP Arash ghodsian EDFR Barbara Sugg SPP Ben Bright SPP Bernie Liu Xcel Energy Bethany McCrea Transource Betsy Beck Enel Green Power North America Bill Dowling Midwest Energy, Inc Bill Grant SPS Bleau LaFave NorthWestern Energy Bob Wittmeyer Longhorn Power Brenda Prokop (ITC GP) ITC Holdings Corp. Brett Leopold ITC Great Plains Brett Hooton GridLiance