November 5, 2024

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.
Mountain West
Mountain West to Step up Talks with SPP on Joining RTO
Mountain West Transmission Group said it has completed initial discussions about RTO membership with SPP’s management team and will begin public negotiations through its stakeholder process.
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FERC Approves SPP Shortage Pricing Changes
FERC accepted SPP’s proposed Tariff revisions related to shortage pricing.
SPP
SPP Seams Steering Committee Briefs: Sept. 6, 2017
SPP stakeholders endorsed a proposed interregional project to be developed in partnership with MISO, despite the project’s dim prospects.
FERC Again Rejects SPP’s Resource Adequacy Revision
FERC rejected SPP’s proposed Tariff revisions requiring load-responsible entities (LREs) to maintain sufficient capacity and planning reserves.
Overheard at the GCPA SPP Regional Conference
Hurricane Harvey and its aftermath cut attendance to the Gulf Coast Power Association’s fourth annual SPP Regional Conference by nearly 20%.
Westar Agrees to Penalty for Violating SPP’s Tariff
Westar will pay a penalty of $180K for submitting inaccurate mitigated energy offer curves to SPP under a settlement with FERC’s Office of Enforcement.
NERC
SPP Registered Entities Face Oct. 31 Deadline for New RE Choice
NERC staff told SPP’s registered entities they have until Oct. 31 to submit their transfer requests to another Regional Entity.
Grid Operators Manage Solar Eclipse
U.S. grid operators, the ISOs and RTOs across the country, were well prepared for the first continent-wide total solar eclipse in nearly a century.
SPP Glum as MISO Axes Last Interregional Project
The MISO rejection of the last possible interregional transmission project resulting from a coordinated study with SPP surprised the latter RTO.
MISO Axes Remaining SPP Interregional Project
MISO is yanking support on the project resulting from a study with SPP, nixing its chances this year to collaborate on an interregional project.

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