November 25, 2024

Southwest Power Pool (SPP)

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SPP Board, Regulators to Consider Reserve Margin Increase
SPP and its members have agreed to boost the reserve margin to 15% but remain at odds over the timing of the increase following "contentious" MOPC discussions.
SPP
SPP Issues Resource Advisory for Monday
SPP has again declared a resource advisory for its footprint July 25 as searing heat continues to roast the Southern Plains.
National Weather Service
ERCOT Sets Record for Demand … Again
ERCOT demand set a new demand mark for the 11th time this year as a heat dome over the Southern Plains continues to produce record-breaking temperatures.
ERCOT
ERCOT, SPP Continue to Battle Extreme Heat
ERCOT demand flirted with 80 GW for the first time as the Texas grid operator set yet another record, its 10th, for peak demand this year.
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SPP Markets and Operations Policy Committee Briefs: July 11-12, 2022
SPP’s third Regional Cost Allocation Review of the regional and zonal allocation methodology’s reasonableness showed dramatic improvements.
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SPP Strategic Planning Committee Briefs: July 13, 2022
A task force of SPP stakeholders and staff addressing crypto miners and similar loads say the additional load could aggravate resource adequacy concerns.
NOAA
SPP Extends Record for Peak Demand
SPP set a new mark for peak demand July 11, wiping out a record that was less than a week old when the system met load of 51.4 GW.
ITC Holdings
SPP Sets Demand Record amid Midwest Heat
SPP has set a new record by meeting 51.1 GW of demand amid extreme heat and weather advisories in its Great Plains footprint.
SPP
SPP Calls for Conservative Ops This Week
SPP has issued another conservative operations advisory for its entire 14-state Eastern Interconnection footprint, effective Wednesday through Friday evening.
MRO
MRO Warns Energy Emergencies Likely in Summer
The Midwest Reliability Organization's summer assessment revealed significant risks in three of its four subregions, potentially leading to energy emergencies.

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