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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.
SPP’s Integrated Marketplace continues to show growth and member benefits in its second year of business.
SPP awarded its first competitively bid transmission project under Order 1000 -- but it may not be built because of declining load forecasts.
The SPP MOPC asked staff to re-evaluate whether two transmission projects should have their need dates accelerated given wind energy growth.
A summary of issues discussed by the SPP Markets and Operations Policy Committee on April 12 to 13.
Only a few months away from revising its transmission planning process, SPP is continuing to work under the old ITP format.
SPP members voted last week to reduce the RTO’s planning reserve margin to 12% from the current 13.6%.
SPP kicked off a yearlong campaign to promote the value that the RTO’s transmission infrastructure brings to end-use customers.
SPP CEO Nick Brown told members the board’s expansion was necessary for succession purposes.
SPP CEO Nick Brown promised the Board of Directors and Members Committee that the RTO will complete the oft-delayed Z2 crediting project this year.
SPP recently completed its first international transaction, thanks to Canadian interconnections that came with the Integrated System’s addition to the RTO.
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