October 14, 2024

Southwest Power Pool (SPP)

SPP
SPP Briefs: Week of Aug. 15, 2017
NERC will host a webinar Aug. 25 to help the current members of SPP’s Regional Entity transition to new compliance authorities.
OGE, CenterPoint Earnings Calls Focus on Enable Midstream
CenterPoint and OGE executives spent their respective earnings conference calls with analysts discussing their limited partnership, Enable Midstream.
Texas Commission Rejects SPS ROFR Request
The PUCT agreed that Southwestern Public Service does not have the exclusive right to build transmission facilities in its service territory.
SPP Board of Directors/Members Committee Briefs: July 25, 2017
The SPP Board of Directors and Members Committee approved MOPC's decision to let the Z2, Export Pricing and Gas-Electric Coordination task forces expire.
SPP Moves Ahead with ‘Tweaked’ Panhandle Congestion Study
SPP’s on-again, off-again high-priority congestion study of the Texas and Oklahoma panhandles region is on once again following approval by the Board.
SPP Regional State Committee Briefs: July 24, 2017
The SPP Regional State Committee unanimously agreed to leave the aggregate study’s safe harbor cost limit unchanged at $180,000/MW.
SPP Board Rejects Changes to Tx Zonal-Placement Rules
SPP made another effort to revise its transmission-zonal placement process, but once again came up short when the board sustained its earlier rejection.
AEP to Spend $4.5B on Largest Wind Farm in US
American Electric Power (AEP) plans to build a 2,000-MW wind farm and accompanying high-voltage, interstate transmission line.
RTOs to Congress: Don’t Lose Faith in Markets
RTO officials acknowledged their challenges but asked Congress not to depart from 20 years of supporting wholesale markets.
SPP to Dissolve Regional Entity
SPP announced it will dissolve its Regional Entity, in part because of the expansion of its RTO footprint, which no longer aligns with the RE’s territory.

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