December 24, 2024

seams

SPP
MISO, SPP to Revise Joint Agreement, Focus on TMEP Process in 2025
MISO and SPP staff told stakeholders that they will not perform a Coordinated System Plan in 2025 but will accept transmission issues for their annual review early in the year.
PacifiCorp
Brattle Study Likely to Fuel Debate over EDAM, Markets+

The white paper by The Brattle Group offers a point-by-point comparison of CAISO’s Extended Day-Ahead Market and SPP’s Markets+ that leans in favor of EDAM but stops short of endorsing either market.

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RTOs Continue Glacial Pace at Replacing ‘Freeze Date’
MISO, PJM and SPP have failed for years to find a suitable replacement for a 20-year-old system reference they use to portion out flow rights on their system, the so-called freeze date.
The Brattle Group
Markets+ ‘Equitable’ Solution to Seams Issues, Backers Say
Proponents of SPP’s Markets+ contend in their latest “issue alert” that the framework provides a much more equitable solution to tackling market seams than under CAISO’s EDAM.
WECC
SPP’s Experience with Seams Could Help Markets+
SPP attempted to allay concerns about its ability to dispatch power among various Western regions during a webinar intended to illustrate its experience with seams management.
Renewable Northwest
Group Claims Powerex Backing Markets+ to Benefit from Divided West
A new study commissioned by Renewable Northwest says Powerex is poised to benefit if the West ends up divided between CAISO’s EDAM and SPP’s Markets+.
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Seams Concerns Won’t Drive Day-ahead Market Decision, BPA Says
BPA’s choice of a day-ahead market will not be driven by concerns about the impact of the seams that would divide the two markets proposed for the West, an agency official made clear.
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Western Officials Get Rundown on ‘Irritating, Inefficient’ Market Seams
Utility staff charged with managing real-time operations will be equipped to deal with the seams between two Western day-ahead markets, but the situation will be far from ideal, Western state energy officials heard at the CREPC-WIRAB spring conference.
Western Power Trading Forum/Public Generating Pool
Western Market Seams Issues to Differ from East, Study Finds

The study finds dividing CAISO’s EDAM from SPP’s Markets+ would create seams that pose a different set of problems than challenges seen at the boundaries of full RTOs in other parts of the U.S.

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SPP Markets+ Participants Executive Committee Briefs: Jan. 23-24, 2024
Stakeholders have discussed the likelihood that there may be two day-ahead markets in the West, CAISO’s Extended Day-ahead Market and SPP’s Markets+ and/or RTO West.

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