October 7, 2024

Southwest Power Pool (SPP)

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SPP Markets and Operations Policy Committee Briefs: July 10-11, 2023

SPP stakeholders endorsed a tariff revision request that adds a winter resource adequacy requirement for load-responsible entities bound by the grid operator’s recent planning reserve margin increase.

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Regulators Propose New Independent Western RTO
The competition for organized markets in the West grew Friday as the Bonneville Power Administration launched a process to choose between day-ahead markets proposed by CAISO and SPP and regulators from five Western states urged the establishment of a new, independent RTO covering the entire West.
City of Nixa, Mo.
FERC Denies Rehearing over GridLiance Transmission Recovery
FERC denied a rehearing request over its February decision approving SPP’s proposed tariff revisions for GridLiance High Plains-owned facilities.
MISO and SPP
FERC Clears MISO, SPP’s Affected System Study Improvements
FERC approved changes to MISO and SPP’s affected system study process to allow either RTO to order upgrades of limiting elements on tie lines.
Evergy
FERC Affirms Affiliate Status of Evergy, Bluescape
FERC affirmed Evergy’s status as an affiliate of Bluescape Energy Partners, rebuffing rehearing requests from the Kansas City utility and the Edison Electric Institute.
Oklahoma Municipal Power Authority
FERC Denies Rehearing over SPP Z2 Credits
FERC rejected four separate rehearing requests related to SPP’s revenue credits under Attachment Z of its tariff.
SPP
FERC Approves Revisions to SPP GI Process
FERC accepted SPP tariff revisions that clarify its interconnection customers’ financial security refund.
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Interconnection Costs on the Rise, Berkeley Lab Study Finds

Interconnection costs are on the rise across the U.S., according to a Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory analysis of thousands of projects in five organized electricity markets.

MISO and SPP
MISO Stakeholders Request JTIQ Cost Containment Measures
Stakeholders asked for cost containment measures for MISO's and SPP’s Joint Targeted Interconnection Queue portfolio after the RTOs said the cost estimate for the projects nearly doubled.
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Under the Dome: ERCOT Sets Peak Demand Marks
ERCOT is setting records for peak demand in what has been described as "hellacious" temperatures, "even by Texas standards."

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