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April 13, 2025

SPP

The Southwest Power Pool is a regional transmission organization that coordinates the reliability of the transmission system and balances electric supply and demand in all or parts of Arkansas, Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas and Wyoming.
The Brattle Group
NM Regulators Poke Assumptions Behind EPE’s Markets+ Choice
A recent study that contributed to El Paso Electric’s decision to join SPP’s Markets+ rather than CAISO’s Extended Day-Ahead Market has raised questions among New Mexico regulators.
El Paso Electric
EPE’s Markets+ Decision ‘Not Transparent,’ NM Regulators Say

A New Mexico Public Regulation Commission workshop aimed to restore trust between the commission and El Paso Electric after the utility’s surprise announcement in January that it planned to join SPP’s Markets+.

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SPP Stakeholders Grapple with Energy Transition
Incoming SPP CEO Lanny Nickell told attendees at the Energy Synergy Summit that infrastructure is the key to managing the energy transition.
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SPP Briefs: Week of March 3, 2025
SPP named Carrie Simpson, a key figure in its expansion efforts in the Western Interconnection, as its vice president of markets, effective April 1, replacing incoming COO Antoine Lucas.
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BPA Selects SPP Markets+ in Draft Policy
The Bonneville Power Administration announced it intends to join SPP’s Markets+, saying in its draft policy that the day-ahead market “is the best long-term strategic direction for Bonneville, its customers and the Northwest.”
Camano Island Chamber of Commerce
7th ‘Issue Alert’ Highlights Markets+ Footprint
Proponents of SPP’s Markets+ argued in their last “issue alert” that the day-ahead market option provides a robust footprint with “exceptional generation and load diversity” across the region while also claiming recent warnings about its seam with CAISO’s EDAM are overblown.
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Former BPA Leaders Again Protest Workforce Cuts
Former BPA Administrators collaborated on a public letter distributed in the Pacific Northwest about the “tremendous risk being created” in the region by workforce reductions at the federal agency.
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
BPA Markets+ Phase 2 Bill Could Reach $27M — or More
BPA will be on the hook for nearly $27 million in funding for the next phase of SPP’s Markets+ — and potentially more depending on the market’s final footprint, according to a document SPP filed with FERC.
SPP
PSCo Seeks to Join SPP’s Markets+
Public Service Company of Colorado asked the Colorado Public Utilities Commission for permission to join SPP’s Markets+.
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‘Build, Build’: MISO, SPP Stance on Resource Additions Clear at GCPA Conference
MISO and SPP executives promised to open their queues’ floodgates at the Gulf Coast Power Association’s annual MISO-SPP conference.

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