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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 stakeholders discussed a recent AEP complaint filed at FERC against the RTO and MISO related to overlapping congestion charges for pseudo-ties.
FERC rejected SPP’s proposed cost allocation for its seams project with Associated Electric Cooperative Inc.
FERC has approved SPP’s request to change the frequency of its regional cost allocation review (RCAR) from every three years to every six.
FERC rejected a request by several SPP members that they be exempted from congestion and marginal loss charges under a grandfathered contract.
Officials remain optimistic about MISO’s interregional transmission planning process with SPP despite its failure to produce a single project.
Mountain West Transmission Group said it has completed initial discussions about RTO membership with SPP’s management team and will begin public negotiations through its stakeholder process.
FERC accepted SPP’s proposed Tariff revisions related to shortage pricing.
SPP stakeholders endorsed a proposed interregional project to be developed in partnership with MISO, despite the project’s dim prospects.
FERC rejected SPP’s proposed Tariff revisions requiring load-responsible entities (LREs) to maintain sufficient capacity and planning reserves.
Hurricane Harvey and its aftermath cut attendance to the Gulf Coast Power Association’s fourth annual SPP Regional Conference by nearly 20%.
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