October 6, 2024

Southwest Power Pool (SPP)

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
BPA Targets August for Draft Day-ahead Market Decision

The Bonneville Power Administration plans to issue a draft decision on its day-ahead market participation in August, followed by a final decision in November.

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SPP Directors Pleased with Progress of Markets+ Tariff
SPP's two independent directors with backgrounds in the Western Interconnection expressed relief and optimism at the grid operator’s collaborative efforts to develop the Markets+ day-ahead market.
Western Power Trading Forum/Public Generating Pool
Western Market Seams Issues to Differ from East, Study Finds

The study finds dividing CAISO’s EDAM from SPP’s Markets+ would create seams that pose a different set of problems than challenges seen at the boundaries of full RTOs in other parts of the U.S.

FERC
FERC Releases Latest Version of ISO/RTO Metrics Report
FERC released the latest iteration of its Common Metrics Report on ISO/RTO markets, which evaluates their performance and benefits.
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SPP Markets+ Participants Executive Committee Briefs: Jan. 23-24, 2024
Stakeholders have discussed the likelihood that there may be two day-ahead markets in the West, CAISO’s Extended Day-ahead Market and SPP’s Markets+ and/or RTO West.
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GCPA Elects R Street’s Garza as President
GCPA’s membership has elected Beth Garza, a senior adviser for R Street Institute and longtime presence in ERCOT, as its next president.
NextEra Energy Resources
NextEra: Disruption Only Strengthens the Company
NextEra CEO John Ketchum said the company relied on 25 years of experience to navigate “clear headwinds for renewables” over the past two years.
Potomac Economics
Crypto Load on MISO-SPP M2M Constraint Draws Complaint from Montana-Dakota Utilities
Montana-Dakota Utilities filed a complaint against MISO and SPP over a market-to-market flowgate chronically congested by a new cryptocurrency mining operation in SPP.
Entergy
SPP Markets and Operations Policy Committee Briefs: Jan. 16-17, 2024
SPP stakeholders have approved congestion-hedging implementation policies six years in the making that had some likening it to Groundhog Day.
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FERC Partly Grants Challenges to AEP Rates

FERC partially granted two challenges arguing that AEP subsidiaries in SPP and PJM had not properly reflected the benefits of filing consolidated tax returns in their 2021 formula rates.


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