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August 28, 2024

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
The Southwest Power Pool (SPP) says it has successfully implemented system changes required by FERC Order 809, improving gas-electric coordination.
Z2 Task Force Looks at Incremental Congestion Rights
Stakeholders working on the SPP Z2 crediting process met here last week to learn about how potential solutions might affect the RTO’s other functions.
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SPP Gathers Technology Vendors to Share Wares
SPP held its first-ever Technology Expo to show off some of the latest transmission technologies before an audience of stakeholders and staff.
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SPP Ponders Congestion Rights as Z2 Solution
SPP stakeholders are pondering the use of incremental long-term congestion rights to help solve some of the complexity with the RTO’s Z2 crediting process.
SPP’s M2M Payments to MISO Continued in September
The recent trend of SPP sending market-to-market payments to MISO continued in September, but that trend may reverse itself in the months to come.
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SPP RSC Approves New Member Cost Allocation Process
The SPP Regional State Committee (RSC) approved a process for reviewing new members’ effect on regional cost allocation, but not before some changes.
SPP Board Lets Action on Z2 Stand; Litigation Likely
The Southwest Power Pool Board of Directors and Members Committee decided to take no further action on the contentious Z2 crediting issue.
SPP Board of Directors/Members Committee Briefs
Southwest Power Pool CEO Nick Brown said during his president’s report that cybersecurity issues will be SPP's biggest challenge in 2017.
Co-ops, MISO, SPP Urge FERC Restraint with Nonpublic Utilities
Electric cooperatives accused FERC of overstepping its authority by opening proceedings that could force refund obligations on nonpublic utilities, while MISO and SPP asked the commission to let them work out the issue in stakeholder proceedings.
SPP Markets and Operations Policy Committee Briefs
The SPP Markets and Operations Policy Committee endorsed a 41% increase in a delayed 345-kV project along the Red River in southeastern Oklahoma as reasonable and reset the project’s baseline.

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