Southwest Power Pool (SPP)
Though BPA removed any uncertainty by selecting SPP’s Markets+ over CAISO’s EDAM, the debate over whether BPA made the right choice likely will heat up as the West confronts a split into two major markets.
With winter storms, load sheds and tight operating conditions, 2025 has turned out to be “quite a challenging year” for SPP.
NERC's Summer Reliability Assessment found that energy shortfalls are possible this summer in the middle of North America, New England and Baja California.
SPP’s Board of Directors approved a tariff change that creates a one-time study outside the grid operator’s normal planning process over the concerns on independent power producers.
SPP approved its sixth competitive project under FERC Order 1000, a 345-kV transmission line in Oklahoma, with two more upgrades in the pipeline.
AEP tells financial analysts that load growth, driven by commercial customers in its service territory, presents opportunities to invest in “critically needed” infrastructure.
SPP told its state regulators and board members that it will do better after three local load sheds since March 31, affecting a combined 54,000 customers.
MISO is seeking judicial review of two FERC decisions preventing the RTO from recouping costs or revising a joint procedure with SPP over a shared North Dakota transmission line that has become congested by a new cryptocurrency mining facility.
Markets+ stakeholders will have little opportunity to ease up in coming months despite a wave of favorable developments for the market.
FERC has denied a solar developer's waiver request for a 24-month extension of its commercial operation deadline for a planned facility in northwestern Louisiana.
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