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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.
Basin Electric Power Cooperative
FERC approved an SPP tariff revision designed to accelerate the addition of new generation by quickly adding shovel-ready incremental capacity at existing generating sites.
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The West-Wide Governance Pathways Initiative could lead the charge on developing an alternative to the Western Resource Adequacy Program that would integrate with CAISO’s Extended Day-Ahead Market, according to co-Chair Pam Sporborg.
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A new FERC report adds to the growing body of work showing the complexity of confronting the seams issues likely to arise between the West’s two day-ahead markets when compared with challenges at the borders between RTOs and ISOs in the Eastern U.S.
SPP
SPP said it expects as a “high likelihood” of meeting demand during the upcoming winter season and that it will be prepared in case of an unexpected event.
Invenergy
Environmental groups are further pressing their opposition to MISO's and SPP’s fast-track studies for primarily fossil fuel projects, challenging both at the D.C. Circuit in a pair of lawsuits.
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SPP says the development of its Markets+ day-ahead market in the West is proceeding on time and under budget, with the hard part yet to come.
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SPP state regulators have approved several motions related to FERC Order 1920’s mandate for long-term, scenario-based planning to ensure the system can meet future needs and be fairly compensated.
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SPP’s Board of Directors has awarded its eighth competitive project and third in 2025 under FERC Order 1000, a 345-kV upgrade in the Texas Panhandle.
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The SPP board has approved the RTO's 2025 Integrated Transmission Plan that includes four 765-kV projects.
New Mexico Renewable Energy Transmission Authority
The Western Resource Adequacy Program Day-Ahead Market Task Force held its first meeting after the program’s binding decision deadline, with members exploring how the new participant footprint will impact transmission connectivity and other issues.
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