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El Paso Electric to Join SPP’s Markets+ in 2028
El Paso Electric says it will join SPP’s regional day-ahead Markets+ service offering in a “strategic move … tailored” to meet expected customer load growth and evolving needs.
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Ariz. Commissioner Questions Utility Decisions to Join SPP’s Markets+
Arizona Corporation Commissioner Kevin Thompson said he thinks his state’s four major utilities may have erred in committing to joining SPP’s Markets+ instead of CAISO’s Extended Day-Ahead Market.
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Western Regulators Clarifying Their Role in Markets+
Arizona regulator Nick Myers, chair of the Markets+ State Committee, is drafting a document as part of SPP's compliance filing that better explains the role Western state commissioners will play in the day-ahead market's development and operations.
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MISO IMM Warns of Operational Difficulties with Growing Solar Fleet
MISO’s Independent Market Monitor said ramping needs north of 10 GW are becoming increasingly common and MISO should expect challenges ahead as its solar fleet expands.
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Chelan PUD Commits to SPP Markets+ Phase 2 Funding
Markets+ notched another in a string of successes when the Chelan County Public Utility District in Washington said it will pay its $1 million to $2 million share of funding for the market’s Phase 2 implementation stage.
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Powerex Commits to Funding, Joining SPP’s Markets+

Powerex says it will fund the next phase of SPP’s Markets+ and “re-affirmed” its commitment to joining the Western real-time and day-ahead offering.

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SPP MOPC Briefs: Jan. 15, 2025

The SPP Markets and Operations Policy Committee has approved tariff revisions that would implement dispatchable transactions in the real-time energy market.

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SPP Markets+ Tariff Wins FERC Approval

SPP reached a key milepost in its Western efforts when FERC conditionally approved its tariff for Markets+, a highly anticipated decision likely to ramp up the competition with CAISO’s Extended Day-Ahead Market.

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FERC Permits 2030 Finish Date for MISO Order 2222 Compliance
FERC accepted MISO’s second try at Order 2222 compliance, allowing MISO time to prepare through mid-2029 before it fully accepts aggregators of distributed energy resources into its markets in 2030.
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FERC Approves SPP Price Formation Rules; Needs More Time on Resource Accreditation
FERC approved price formation reforms for SPP and set questions around resource accreditation for additional proceedings in a pair of orders issued at its regular monthly meeting.

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