January 19, 2025

Allison Clements

SPP Briefs: Week of Aug. 8, 2022
Canadian utility SaskPower and SPP have signed a 20-year agreement to more than quadruple transmission capacity between the two entities.
Jay Caspary
Ratepayers Protest FERC Retreat on Transmission Competition
Industrial energy users and other ratepayers are balking at FERC’s proposal to abandon Order 1000’s competition measures.
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Planners, Developers: Transmission not Keeping Pace with System Needs
Time is running out to build the infrastructure needed to meet climate challenges, transmission planners, generation developers and others warned.
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FERC Accepts ISO-NE’s MOPR Transition Plan
FERC reluctantly accepted ISO-NE’s plan to remove its minimum offer price rule after a two-year transition period.
NOAA
Summer Forecasts Spark Warnings of ‘Reliability Crisis’ at FERC
FERC commissioners expressed alarm over forecasts of potential supply shortfalls this summer in the West, ERCOT, MISO and SPP.
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Task Force Seeks ‘Right Balance’ in Spreading Tx Upgrade Costs
The second half of the third meeting of FERC and NARUC's Joint Task Force on Electric Transmission focused on cost allocation for network upgrades.
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FERC Issues 1st Proposal out of Transmission Proceeding
FERC proposed changing transmission planning and cost allocation processes to help build out the grid in response to electrification and renewables.
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BlackRock Decision Unearths FERC Wariness of Investor Influence on Utilities
FERC renewed BlackRock's blanket authorization of utility stock purchases, but two commissioners expressed concern about it exerting undue influence.
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FERC Accepts PJM CTOA Revisions
FERC on Tuesday accepted revisions to PJM's Consolidated Transmission Owners Agreement, changing voting rules at the TOA-AC.
SEEM
FERC Again Rejects Efforts to Overturn SEEM
FERC turned down another set of challenges to the Southeast Energy Exchange Market filed by environmental, clean energy and consumer groups.

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