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January 11, 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.
SPP Briefs: Week of Dec. 9, 2019
SPP's Monitor released a paper detailing a study of generator self-commitments in the market, yielding evidence they exert downward pressure on prices.
SPP Strategic Planning Committee Briefs: Nov. 12, 2019
The SPP Strategic Planning Committee met at NextEra Energy’s corporate headquarters in Juno Beach, Fla., to discuss the RTO's new strategic plan.
SPP Seams Steering Committee: Nov. 6, 2019
SPP told the Seams Steering Committee they have begun preliminary interregional transmission planning discussions with Canadian electric utility SaskPower.
SPP Board of Directors/MC Briefs: Oct. 29, 2019
The SPP Board of Directors approved a 9.1% increase in the RTO's administrative fee and the ITP 10-year assessment, while honoring retiring directors.
Renewable, Utility Members Tangle over SPP Seat
A battle over a seat on SPP’s Members Committee exposed a divide between traditional utilities and the renewable companies fueling growth of generation.
SPP Regional State Committee Briefs: Oct. 28, 2019
SPP’s Regional State Committee endorsed the elimination of revenue credits for sponsored transmission upgrades and the transmission planning assessment.
SPP Shortfall Leads to Scarcity Pricing Calls
An August energy emergency alert that had SPP one contingency away from shedding load has renewed calls for scarcity pricing to ensure adequate reserves.
SPP MOPC Briefs: Oct. 15-16, 2019
SPP members moved to eliminate Z2 revenue credits for sponsored transmission upgrades, the source of years of stakeholder frustrations and jokes.
SPP Seams Steering Committee Briefs: Oct. 9, 2019
SPP's Seams Steering Comm. discussed the RTO's agreement with MISO and upcoming meetings between the Regional State Comm. and the Org. of MISO States.
SPP Board OKs $9.5M to Build Western EIS Market
The SPP Board of Directors accepted staff’s recommendation to budget $9.5 million to develop and stand up the Western Energy Imbalance Service market.

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