October 13, 2024

Southwest Power Pool (SPP)

RTO Resilience Filings Seek Time, More Gas Coordination
RTO officials asked FERC to allow their stakeholder processes time to develop additional resilience measures and to require more gas-electric coordination.
WER Architects
Xcel, NPPD Lose Z2 FERC Complaints
FERC on Tuesday rejected separate complaints by the Nebraska Public Power District and Xcel Energy over billed charges under Attachment Z2 of SPP's Tariff.
Oklahoma Regulator Sets Sights on Higher Office
After serving on the Oklahoma Corporation Commission since 2008, Dana Murphy has set her sights on the lieutenant governor’s office.
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MISO, SPP Look to Ease Interregional Project Criteria
MISO and SPP are ready to reform their interregional planning process to improve their shot at producing their first cross-border transmission project.
Great Plains and Westar
FERC Greenlights Great Plains-Westar Merger
FERC approved the proposed $14 billion merger between Great Plains Energy and Westar Energy.
FERC Grants SPP Waiver to Resettle Z2 Credits
FERC granted the request by SPP to waive its one-year resettlement window so that the RTO can correctly bill transmission-upgrade customers.
Entergy
OGE, CenterPoint, Entergy Results Up on Tax Cuts
The cut in federal corporate income taxes figured prominently in fourth quarter earnings reports by OGE Energy, CenterPoint Energy and Entergy.
SPP: FERC Resiliency Effort Should Go Beyond RTOs
SPP’s Strategic Planning Committee and other stakeholders reviewed a draft of a staff-written response to FERC’s grid resiliency docket.
PUCT Nears Approval on LP&L Move to ERCOT
The PUCT hinted it may be near a decision on Lubbock Power & Light’s proposal to move 470 MW of its load from SPP to ERCOT.
MISO Plans Interregional Improvements with SPP
MISO is weighing how it can improve its interregional process and joint operating agreement with SPP to make it easier to develop cross-seams projects.

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