Southwest Power Pool (SPP)
FERC ruled that Tri-State G&T has only partially complied with Orders 845 and approved Basin Electric Power Cooperative’s revised market-based rate tariff.
SPP said it has hired Kara Fornstrom, chair of the Wyoming Public Service Commission, as its director of state regulatory policy.
SPP and MISO in October registered a record $14.63 million in market-to-market settlements, more than doubling the amount set the month before.
MISO and SPP staff began putting meat on the bones of their joint transmission study, much to the satisfaction of stakeholders.
Invenergy provided an update on the Grain Belt Express transmission project during the Missouri Energy Initiative’s Midwest Energy Policy Series.
SPP offered stakeholders a deep dive into an analysis of the RTO’s Western regional market that projects millions in savings for members.
SPP staff said that stakeholders’ overall satisfaction with the RTO’s services and performance rose during 2020, even as survey responses dropped.
SPP’s WEIS stakeholders voted to move forward with parallel operations, the final test before the WEIS market’s planned February launch.
SPP staff have been meeting with MISO staff as they scope the RTOs' joint transmission study of potential projects along their seam.
SPP signaled it may be on the verge of further expanding its footprint, as several Western utilities are committed to evaluating membership.
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