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December 15, 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.
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NV Energy to Withdraw from WRAP
NV Energy notified the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada that it plans to leave the Western Power Pool’s Western Resource Adequacy Program, citing five critical issues with the program’s design.
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Xcel Battles Colo. Counties over Transmission Project
Xcel Energy is fighting two counties that are blocking a segment of the company’s Colorado’s Power Pathway transmission project. 
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WRAP ‘Binding’ Phase Set for Winter 2027/28 After Utilities Affirm Commitment
The Western Power Pool’s WRAP secured enough participants for the program to enter the first binding phase after 11 utilities reaffirmed their commitment.
CAISO
Stakeholder Forum: Collaboration, Determination and Optionality are Keys to Continued Market Expansion in West
As long as entities across the West remain committed to continued regional trade, coordination, and reciprocal efforts to enable market participation, there can be significant benefits for the region at large, say Chris Robinson and Scott Simms.
CAISO
DER Representatives Get a Seat at the Pathways Table
A wide variety of stakeholders — including representatives of the DER sector — will serve as advisers to the Pathways Initiative as it enters its next phases.
SPP
SPP Considers Deferring 765-kV NTCs to 2026
SPP says accelerating load projections will result in a 2025 transmission plan that dwarfs the previous year’s record $7.65 billion portfolio — so much so that it is considering deferring some projects until 2026.
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SPP Names Director to Lead Markets+ Monitoring
SPP named Tim Vigil, chief member relations and strategy officer for Pacific Northwest Generating Cooperative, as director of the Market Monitoring Unit’s office dedicated to Markets+.
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FERC Requires Additional Z2 Filing from SPP
FERC directed SPP to submit a compliance filing for its proposal to unwind credit payment obligations assessed under Attachment Z2 of the SPP tariff for transmission service taken from 2008 to 2016.
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Monroe’s Western Outreach Pays Dividends for SPP
Former SPP COO Carl Monroe's decades of outreach to Western Interconnection entities are evident in the RTO's various markets and service offerings in the West.
Western Energy
New Challenges Await Pathways After Success in Calif. Legislature
With California passing the bill designed to transition the governance of CAISO’s markets to an independent regional organization, new challenges await the West-Wide Governance Pathways Initiative as the coalition seeks to turn a once-elusive goal into reality.

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