November 26, 2024

Southwest Power Pool (SPP)

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FERC Partially Grants Challenges to AEP Transmission Rates
FERC partially granted four cooperatives’ challenge of AEP companies’ annual update for transmission formula rate charges under the SPP tariff.
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FERC Officials See Need for Changes to RTO Transmission Rules
FERC officials told the ACORE Policy Forum that RTO transmission planning rules must be revised to support reliability and the flood of renewable generation.
MISO
MISO Delays $13B Long-range Portfolio’s Recommendation
MISO has again pushed back the date it will recommend $13 billion dollars’ worth of long-range transmission projects to its board of directors.
Invenergy
AEP Completes 1.5-GW Wind Energy Development
American Electric Power's Traverse Wind Energy Center, the last of three Oklahoma projects with total capacity of 1.5 GW, is now generating electricity.
Invenergy
FERC Again Rejects Invenergy’s SPP Waiver Request
FERC has again denied a waiver request from Invenergy over SPP’s financial security posting requirements, saying it doesn't address a concrete problem.
MISO
MISO Midwest-South Transfer Service on Outage until July
MISO said the transmission line behind its path linking the Midwest and South regions has been out of commission since late 2021 and is set to stay on outage.
NorthWestern Energy
Nonprofits: NorthWestern’s Net-zero Goal Not Enough
Dozens of Montana organizations are demanding that NorthWestern Energy decarbonize by 2035, years ahead of its new midcentury target for net-zero emissions.
MISO and SPP
MISO, SPP Finalize JTIQ Results with MISO Transmission Duplicates
MISO and SPP announced completion of their Joint Targeted Interconnection Queue study, though it’s doubtful whether two project proposals will proceed.
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MISO Stakeholders Uneasy Over Long-range Tx, JTIQ Overlap
MISO stakeholders are voicing frustration over two transmission projects included in both MISO’s long-range planning and its interregional JTIQ study with SPP.
CAISO
Changing Grid, State Policies Favor Western RTO
CAISO, SPP and the Western Power Pool are all maneuvering to organize the Western electricity sector, and conditions finally seem ripe for change.

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