February 21, 2025

Southwest Power Pool (SPP)

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SPP Secures Funding to Begin Markets+ Phase 2
The RTO said it has received signed Phase 2 funding agreements from eight interested participants in its proposed day-ahead service offering — including the Bonneville Power Administration.
SPP
SPP Board/Regional State Committee Briefs: Feb. 3-4, 2025
SPP’s Board of Directors has approved a one-time process to quickly add generation so load-responsible entities can meet their resource adequacy needs under the grid operator’s planning reserve margin requirements.
Xcel Energy
Xcel Sees Little Effect from Executive Orders on Energy
Xcel Energy CEO Bob Frenzel said the Trump administration’s energy-related executive orders will have little effect on the company’s operations.
SPP
SPP Board Approves 8 Urgent Short-term Projects
SPP’s Board of Directors approved eight short-term reliability projects, a $3.15 billion package with immediate transmission needs for this year through 2028.
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El Paso Electric to Join SPP’s Markets+ in 2028
El Paso Electric says it will join SPP’s regional day-ahead Markets+ service offering in a “strategic move … tailored” to meet expected customer load growth and evolving needs.
TCF Architecture
Chelan PUD Commits to SPP Markets+ Phase 2 Funding
Markets+ notched another in a string of successes when the Chelan County Public Utility District in Washington said it will pay its $1 million to $2 million share of funding for the market’s Phase 2 implementation stage.
WER Architects Planners
SPP Markets+ Tariff a ‘Home Run’, Staff Says
FERC approved SPP’s tariff for Markets+ with minor modifications in what the RTO’s staff described as a “home run” during the Markets+ Participant Executive Committee’s meeting.
SPP
SPP MOPC Briefs: Jan. 15, 2025

The SPP Markets and Operations Policy Committee has approved tariff revisions that would implement dispatchable transactions in the real-time energy market.

Ameren
MISO, SPP Ask FERC for JOA Waiver to Conduct More Meticulous Interregional Study
MISO and SPP have asked FERC for a temporary departure from sections of their joint operating agreement to be able to conduct a more comprehensive interregional planning study to land on mutually beneficial transmission projects.
SPP
SPP Markets+ Tariff Wins FERC Approval

SPP reached a key milepost in its Western efforts when FERC conditionally approved its tariff for Markets+, a highly anticipated decision likely to ramp up the competition with CAISO’s Extended Day-Ahead Market.


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