January 15, 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 Board of Directors/Members Committee Briefs
SPP officials and stakeholders the RTO's plethora of wind energy, the search for a new Market Monitoring Unit director and Mountain West Transmission Group.
FERC OKs SPP ‘Multi-Configuration’ Rule
FERC approved SPP’s new rules for how it commits and pays “multi-configuration” combined cycle plants.
SPP Z2 Task Force Looks for Best of Proposals
The Southwest Power Pool Z2 Task Force does not appear close to a solution for replacing its bedeviling crediting system for transmission upgrades.
SPP RSC Leaves Safe-Harbor Thresholds Unchanged
SPP’s Regional State Committee (SPP RSC) accepted a working group’s proposal to leave unchanged their safe-harbor thresholds.
FERC Sides with Wind Generators, Rejects SPP Reactive Power Filing
FERC rejected SPP’s proposed method for measuring generators’ reactive power, saying it said would result in excessive and unnecessary costs.
SPP Adds 10th Director to its Board
Southwest Power Pool members elected 40-year industry veteran Mark Crisson to the RTO’s Board of Directors Tuesday, expanding the board to 10 members.
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Strategic Planning Committee to Continue Work on Tx Cost Shifts
The SPP Strategic Planning Committee agreed to take up the contentious issue of cost shifts when new members join existing transmission-pricing zones.
SPP Markets and Operations Policy Committee Briefs
SPP stakeholders approved a 12% planning reserve margin, a new demand curve and 10 revision requests at the Markets and Operations Policy Committee meeting.
Ex Rep Sees Smaller Federal Role in Energy Industry Under Trump
SPP's Mike Ross told the Strategic Planning Committee that the industry can expect a future with less federal intervention under President Trump.
SPP’s Z2 Task Force Sees More Work in its Future
The SPP Z2 Task Force came no closer to a solution for the complicated crediting process during a meeting cut short by weather.

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