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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 approved a 12% planning reserve margin, a new demand curve and 10 revision requests at the Markets and Operations Policy Committee meeting.
SPP's Mike Ross told the Strategic Planning Committee that the industry can expect a future with less federal intervention under President Trump.
The SPP Z2 Task Force came no closer to a solution for the complicated crediting process during a meeting cut short by weather.
SPP has filed an application with the DOE to transmit electricity from the U.S. into Canada, using Basin Electric’s existing transmission.
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SPP stakeholders agreed to amend a two-year-old policy paper and clarify when FERC approval would be needed for cost allocation towards some seams projects.
Mountain West Transmission Group has said it will enter discussions with SPP to explore the possibility of joining the RTO.
SPP set a new record for wind power generation Friday when the footprint cracked the 12,000-MW threshold for the first time while coal generation declined.
SPP and its stakeholders enter 2017 seeking ways to integrate massive amounts of wind power into the RTO’s interconnection queue.
Southwest Power Pool and MISO continue to study seven potential joint transmission projects across their seam. Next: developing the 2017 joint study.
The SPP Board of Directors approved a 13.2% increase in the RTO’s administrative fee and a 6.6% boost in its budget for 2017.
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