SPP/WEIS

Xcel Energy
Xcel Continues Focus on Carbon Reductions
Xcel Energy CEO Bob Frenzel said there is little space between he and his predecessor, Ben Fowke, when it comes to the clean energy transition.
Organization of MISO States
MISO, SPP Eye Small Interregional Tx Projects
MISO and SPP said they will likely establish a smaller interregional project type, which could produce the two's first cross-border transmission project.
NextEra Energy Resources
NextEra Buying up Water Companies
NextEra Energy has entered into a $45 million agreement to acquire a portfolio of regulated water and wastewater assets in eight counties near Houston.
Utah Office of Energy Development and S&P Global Market Intelligence
FERC Commissioners Opine on Western RTO
FERC commissioners told an audience of Western stakeholders and regulators that they back the formation of a Western RTO; California can't go it alone.
SPP
SPP Strategic Planning Committee Briefs: Oct. 13, 2021
SPP’s Strategic Planning Committee approved a task force’s recommended framework to manage DC tie revenue-requirement recovery in the proposed RTO West.
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SPP Markets and Operations Policy Committee: Oct. 11-12, 2021
SPP is searching for ways to advocate change in the natural gas industry following the latter's role in February’s disastrous winter storm outages.
Southern California Edison
Stakeholders Ask FERC to Support E&AS Market Changes
Panelists at a FERC technical conference on energy and ancillary services markets agreed that rules should be changed to incent new resource types.
CAISO
CAISO Promotes EDAM Effort in Forum
CAISO paused its WEIM EDAM effort last year but renewed it Wednesday amid a growing push for greater Western regionalization and market coordination.
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MISO, SPP: Economics Secondary in Joint IC Planning
MISO and SPP said a weak economic showing isn’t a dealbreaker to build transmission projects accommodating generation in their jammed interconnection queues.
Eastern Interconnection Planning Collaborative
Grid Operators Seek Policy Role, Reliability `Safety Valve’
Grid planners need more input on policy and a reliability “safety valve,” the Eastern Interconnection Planning Collaborative said in a new paper.

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