January 12, 2025

SPP

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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SPP Briefs: Week Ending June 8, 2018
SPP said it is accepting applications for industry experts to serve on a fourth independent panel to review Order 1000 transmission proposals in 2019.
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Texas PUC Issues Final Order for SPS Wind Farm
The Texas PUC quickly approved a second draft order of Southwestern Public Service’s (SPS) request for a certificate of convenience and necessary for its 478-MW wind farm.
FERC Rejects NPPD Objection to Tri-State Zonal Placement
FERC approved SPP’s proposed Tariff revisions to incorporate Tri-State Generation as a new transmission owner in an existing pricing zone.
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SPP’s Tariff Team Begins Carving up the Elephant
SPP’s Holistic Integrated Tariff Team (HITT) has begun to decide on how to "eat the elephant," in the words of group leader Tom Kent.
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SPP Average Winter Prices up 4.6% from 2017
SPP’s winter real-time prices increased 4.6% from the previous year, according to the Market Monitoring Unit’s latest quarterly State of the Market report.
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FERC Approves Dissolution of SPP RE
FERC approved the dissolution of the SPP Regional Entity and the transfer of its members to the Midwest Reliability Organization and SERC Reliability Corp.
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SPP Seams Steering Committee Briefs: May 2, 2018
SPP and MISO staff are evaluating feedback gathered from their members on how best to improve their interregional planning process.
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SPP Board of Directors/Members Committee Briefs: April 24, 2018
SPP’s Board of Directors was forced to table the appeal of a rejected revision request, cutting short the discussion when they realized the supporting documentation was not included in the background materials.
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SPP Regional State Committee Briefs: April 23, 2018
The SPP RSC (Regional State Committee) approved the scope for a study of cost allocation in wind-rich areas, a problem that grows along with the RTO’s wind generation.
Eckelberger, Skilton Step Down from SPP Board
After 18 years of providing a steady presence on the SPP Board of Directors, Jim Eckelberger and Harry Skilton have stepped aside to fill emeritus roles.

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