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July 18, 2025

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.
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SPP Adds OG&E’s Shuart to External Affairs Leadership
SPP has added OG&E's Emily Shuart to its staff as it bolstered its external affairs group in the face of massive industry changes.
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Calif. Pathways Bill Delayed After Orgs Withdraw Support, While Newsom Signals Backing for Effort
The author behind the bill that would allow CAISO to relinquish market governance to an independent RO has delayed a hearing after several organizations withdrew support for the proposed legislation.
SPP
SPP REAL Team Endorses Demand Response Framework
SPP’s REAL Team has endorsed RTO staff’s framework for demand response, allowing the grid operator to bring it forward to the quarterly governance meetings in July and August and to then begin drafting the tariff change.
City of Nixa
D.C. Circuit Declines Review of SPP Cost Allocation
The D.C. Circuit denied a review of a FERC decision that allowed SPP to incorporate transmission facilities into one of its pricing zones, spreading the costs to the zone’s customer base.
The Bonneville Power Administration
BPA Sued in 9th Circuit over Day-ahead Market Decision
A group of environmental organizations sued the Bonneville Power Administration in the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals over the agency’s decision to join SPP’s Markets+ instead of CAISO’s Extended Day-Ahead Market.
SPP
SPP Stakeholders Reject Urgent Dispatch Change
SPP stakeholders rejected an urgent proposed tariff revision that would help the grid operator connect generation more quickly.
Invenergy
Missouri AG Opens Inquiry into Grain Belt Express
Missouri's attorney general says he has opened an investigation into Invenergy’s Grain Belt Express transmission project, an 800-mile, HVDC line that has been under development since 2010.
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‘Islanded’ BAs Face Tough Choices in Western Market Future, Experts Say
Although one of the aims of day-ahead markets in the West is to fix a fragmented transmission landscape, some islanded entities will have a tough time navigating seams issues likely to arise as markets take shape, analysts at Aurora Energy Research said during a webinar.
SPP
SPP Launches Markets+ Phase 2 With $150M Secured
SPP secured $150 million in financing and entered the second phase of development for its day-ahead market Markets+, the grid operator announced.
SPP
FERC Accepts Revisions to SPP’s WEIS Market
FERC accepted SPP's tariff revisions to its Western Energy Imbalance Service market that allow market holds for reliability-based concerns when requested by a balancing authority.

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