November 6, 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.
Solar Eclipse to have Minimal Impact on SPP
Next week’s total solar eclipse will not disrupt SPP operations despite 100% obscuration levels in parts of its 14-state footprint.
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SPP Briefs: Week of Aug. 15, 2017
NERC will host a webinar Aug. 25 to help the current members of SPP’s Regional Entity transition to new compliance authorities.
SPP Regional State Committee Briefs: July 24, 2017
The SPP Regional State Committee unanimously agreed to leave the aggregate study’s safe harbor cost limit unchanged at $180,000/MW.
SPP Board of Directors/Members Committee Briefs: July 25, 2017
The SPP Board of Directors and Members Committee approved MOPC's decision to let the Z2, Export Pricing and Gas-Electric Coordination task forces expire.
SPP Moves Ahead with ‘Tweaked’ Panhandle Congestion Study
SPP’s on-again, off-again high-priority congestion study of the Texas and Oklahoma panhandles region is on once again following approval by the Board.
SPP Board Rejects Changes to Tx Zonal-Placement Rules
SPP made another effort to revise its transmission-zonal placement process, but once again came up short when the board sustained its earlier rejection.
SPP to Dissolve Regional Entity
SPP announced it will dissolve its Regional Entity, in part because of the expansion of its RTO footprint, which no longer aligns with the RE’s territory.
SPP, Mountain West Members Get Acquainted
SPP's Markets and Operations Policy Committee meeting in Denver drew record attendance because of the appearance of Mountain West Transmission Group.
Load Migrations Put SPP’s Focus on Retention
SPP is confronting the possibility that as much as 1,300 MW of additional load could leave its system.
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SPP Seeks Experts for Competitive Tx Panel
SPP is accepting applications from industry experts for an independent panel reviewing the RTO’s 2018 competitive transmission construction proposals.

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