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December 22, 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.
KWTV Oklahoma City
Oklahoma Gov. Stitt Threatens to ‘Unplug’ from SPP
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt’s (R) recent threat during a television interview to “unplug” from SPP may sound like political rhetoric designed to curry favor with his constituents, but the Arkansas-based grid operator is taking the statement seriously.
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Western Market Developers Compare Approaches to GHGs

On the surface, CAISO’s Extended Day-Ahead Market and SPP’s Markets+ will take similar approaches to accounting for greenhouse gas emissions — but important differences remain.

Bonneville Power Administration
BPA Touts Markets+ in Response to Seattle City Light Opposition
The Bonneville Power Administration continued to argue that SPP’s Markets+ is preferable to CAISO’s EDAM, stating in a letter to Seattle City Light that potential benefits of a single West-wide market footprint must be viewed with “significant skepticism."
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BPA Has not Made ‘Business Case’ for Markets+, NW Senators Say
The four U.S. senators representing Oregon and Washington contend BPA has failed to make a financial case for joining Markets+, a condition they say should be the key driver of the agency’s decision to participate in a Western day-ahead market.
LADWP
LADWP Gets Board’s OK to Join CAISO’s EDAM
The Los Angeles Board of Water and Power Commissioners gave the go-ahead for LADWP to join CAISO’s EDAM, in a move expected to increase the utility’s annual net revenue by almost $40 million.
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SPP Names COO Nickell to Replace Sugg as CEO
SPP’s Board of Directors has selected COO Lanny Nickell as its next CEO, effective April 1, replacing the retiring Barbara Sugg following a three-month transition period.
SPP
MISO, SPP to Revise Joint Agreement, Focus on TMEP Process in 2025
MISO and SPP staff told stakeholders that they will not perform a Coordinated System Plan in 2025 but will accept transmission issues for their annual review early in the year.
SPP
SPP Board Approves Need Dates for Last ITP Projects
SPP’s Board of Directors has approved the winter-weather staging of a pair of transmission projects that have been held up since October by stakeholder concerns.
Tacoma Public Utilities
Pathways Step 2 Not Good Enough, Markets+ Backers Say
The West-Wide Governance Pathways Initiative still grapples with political uncertainties and governance concerns despite efforts to fix those issues, proponents of SPP’s Markets+ contended.
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SPP Stakeholders Endorse Need Dates for Delayed Transmission Projects
SPP stakeholders have endorsed a pair of winter-weather staging dates for transmission projects after two months of discussions and negotiations that delayed their approval by the Board of Directors.

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