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The Southwest Power Pool is a regional transmission organization that coordinates the reliability of the transmission system and balances electric supply and demand in all or parts of Arkansas, Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas and Wyoming.
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With 16 binding participants and 58 GW worth of load committed, the Western Power Pool’s Western Resource Adequacy Program aims to build on the momentum in 2026 and prepare for more members.
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SPP Markets+ stakeholders unanimously approved the first version of the day-ahead market's protocols, providing a framework for market design, operations and settlements as its future participants build the systems and processes.
Michels Corp.
MISO and the Minnesota Department of Commerce said federal funding for the Joint Targeted Interconnection Queue portfolio is still in play, though they didn't offer any additional details.
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Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs and panelists discussed efforts to meet energy demand at a Western Governors’ Association workshop in Phoenix, with some noting opportunities and challenges navigating state-level permitting and regulation.
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FERC dismissed as moot a complaint by several public interest organizations over SPP’s accreditation methodologies for thermal and renewable resources.
Idaho National Laboratory
The Colorado Public Utilities Commission heard about the pros and cons of reconductoring during an informational meeting.
NextEra Energy Transmission Southwest
SPP’s Board of Directors approved an updated assessment of the RTO’s 2025 transmission plan that corrects two minor errors and will re-evaluate a third project recently designated as a competitive upgrade.
Quanta Infrastructure Solutions Group
CAISO and SPP have made “significant progress” on adapting existing tools to tackle seams between the two entities’ respective day-ahead markets, according to a CAISO representative.
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The SPP leadership team responsible for strengthening the grid operator’s resource adequacy construct and recommending policy directions closed out 2025 by endorsing two protocol changes related to demand response and the cost of new entry.
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
As the Bonneville Power Administration prepares to join Markets+, the agency hopes to complete the initial program governance setup and define its commercial model for market participation in early 2026.
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