October 11, 2024

Transmission Operations

Texas Commission Rejects SPS ROFR Request
The PUCT agreed that Southwestern Public Service does not have the exclusive right to build transmission facilities in its service territory.
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.
Vermont Seeks ISO-NE Help on Tx Constraints
Vermont regulators and utilities are working with ISO-NE to resolve transmission constraints in the northern part of the state.
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.
SPP Markets and Operations Policy Committee Briefs: July 11-12, 2017
The SPP Z2 Task Force will likely be a relic of the past, but the issues with credits and obligations for sponsored transmission upgrades aren’t going away.
ITC ‘Tour’ Includes Call for Increased Tx Investment
ITC Holdings offered a rare look into its Michigan control room as part of a company update and appeal for increased investment in transmission.
ERCOT BoD Briefs: June 13, 2017
The ERCOT board learned that Lubbock Power & Light’s potential transition from SPP could result in as much as $77 million in increased production costs.
WECC Generation, Transmission Loss Events Spike
Electric system disturbances from the loss of generation or transmission in the Western Interconnection increased by 50% between 2015 and 2016.
ETT Updates ERCOT on Extended Outages
Electric Transmission Texas told ERCOT participants that it is working with the ISO to minimize the effects of a project to repair transmission structures.

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