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November 27, 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.
FERC: SPP Treating P2P Customers Unfairly on Congestion Rights
FERC rejected proposed SPP Tariff revisions, saying they would unfairly favor network transmission customers over point-to-point customers in how the RTO awards congestion rights.
SPP Briefs
A task force developing cost allocation rules for Southwest Power Pool (SPP) seams projects identified outside the FERC Order 1000 interregional process agreed to take another crack at crafting language more agreeable to stakeholders and staff.
SPP Seeks Feedback on Transmission Studies at Engineering Summit
SPP’s engineering staff updated members on the RTO’s current regional and interregional transmission studies during an engineering summit.
Board Approves Z2 Timeline Extension, Creates Task Force for Further Study
The SPP Board of Directors agreed to give transmission customers an extra 50 months to pay their Z2 bills while also creating a new task force to address complaints of members.
SPP Board of Directors and Members Committee Briefs
Less than a year after enjoying a 2-cent reduction in SPP’s administrative fee, the RTO’s members are now facing the prospect of a 4-cent hike for 2017.
FERC Calls for Changes to Protect SPP Market Monitoring Unit Independence
SPP executives had “inappropriate” involvement in the oversight of its Market Monitoring Unit (MMU), FERC says in an audit report that calls for changes.
SPP MOPC Recommends 5-Year Timetable for Resolving $849M Z2 Bill
More than five hours of presentations and stakeholder discussions over two days did little to resolve SPP’s albatross of Z2 credits.
SPP Markets and Operations Policy Committee Briefs
The SPP Markets and Operations Policy Committee refused to take action on AEP and OG&E’s revision request to remove the day-ahead limited must-offer.
SPP Strategic Planning Committee Briefs
Recommendations to streamline SPP’s transmission planning process won unanimous approval from the Strategic Planning Committee and MOPC.
SPP Seeks Industry Experts for Next Round of Competitive Projects
SPP said it is seeking industry experts to serve on a second independent panel to review Order 1000 transmission proposals in 2017.

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