SPP is closing to setting a date by which interested members of its WEIS market must commit to full RTO membership.

SPP CEO Barbara Sugg briefed WECC’s Board of Directors last week on the RTO’s efforts in the Western Interconnection and potential benefits for stakeholders there, including full membership in SPP’s proposed RTO West. SPP operates as a reliability coordinator in parts of the West and is helping the Northwest Power Pool develop a multistate resource …

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Xcel's Public Service Company of Colorado decided to delay its entry into CAISO's Western Energy Imbalance Market in order to re-examine its decision.

SPP said it expects normal conditions and no extreme operation situations within its balancing authority and reliability coordinator footprints this summer.

SPP’s Western real-time energy market has attracted another participant in Colorado Springs Utilities, which is also interested in full RTO membership.

State regulatory staff working on SPP’s review of the RTO’s performance during the February winter storm said they are focusing on resource adequacy.

SPP said that a planned expansion into the West has attracted another potential member in WAPA's Colorado River Storage Project.

COVID-19 and record hurricane and wildfire seasons made 2020 “a unique and at times challenging year,” FERC said in its State of the Markets report.

Utilities are hoping their participation in SPP's WEIS market will be the "first step" to full RTO membership.

El Paso Electric, a utility that serves more than 400,000 customers in Texas and New Mexico, plans to join CAISO’s Western Energy Imbalance Market in 2023.