New Mexico Public Regulation Commission (NM PRC)
The current state of transmission policy was examined at an Infocast conference that went into the possibility for a permitting bill and looked at the implementation of recent FERC orders.
With winter storms, load sheds and tight operating conditions, 2025 has turned out to be “quite a challenging year” for SPP.
FERC Chair Mark Christie and Commissioner Judy Chang downplayed the current political environment’s impact on the agency, saying the commission’s role is to follow the law and ensure the fairness of procedures.
The dispute over how CAISO’s Extended Day-Ahead Market will allocate congestion revenues to market participants continues, even as the ISO moves to address stakeholder concerns.
The New Mexico Legislature passed a handful of energy-related bills, including one that would boost advanced grid technologies, which are seen as a way to make the grid more efficient and potentially reduce the need to build new transmission lines.
A recent study that contributed to El Paso Electric’s decision to join SPP’s Markets+ rather than CAISO’s Extended Day-Ahead Market has raised questions among New Mexico regulators.
A New Mexico Public Regulation Commission workshop aimed to restore trust between the commission and El Paso Electric after the utility’s surprise announcement in January that it planned to join SPP’s Markets+.
Arizona Corporation Commissioner Kevin Thompson said he thinks his state’s four major utilities may have erred in committing to joining SPP’s Markets+ instead of CAISO’s Extended Day-Ahead Market.
The Pathways Initiative drew praise from many quarters with the vote to approve its “Step 2” proposal, but it was quickly apparent the development will do little to sway Markets+ supporters.
The New Mexico utility announced its intention to join CAISO’s Extended Day-Ahead Market, extending EDAM’s reach farther into the Desert Southwest in its latest victory over SPP’s Markets+.
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