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.
SPP has dumped its “evolutionary, not revolutionary” value principle and is working to make things happen quickly in order to meet the pace of industry change.
The U.S. Department of Energy is preparing a case-by-case review of all the agency’s financial assistance awards under the Biden administration that it says could have “significant ramifications” for current and prospective recipients.
SPP and Hitachi announced a partnership to produce an integrated AI-based solution they say will reduce study-analysis times by 80% in the GI process to meet escalating demand.
The panel of SPP board members overseeing the development of Markets+has approved the governance transition plan for the construction phase of the day-ahead market.
SPP is preparing participants for the next phase of Markets+ development, when stakeholders will build the day-ahead market's systems, processes and procedures.
MISO generation developers pushed back on MISO’s cost allocation of the $1.65 billion Joint Targeted Interconnection Queue, reportedly saying MISO’s late-stage alterations have eroded the value of the seams planning.
SPP expects to have a “high probability” of enough generation to meet demand during peak-use hours this summer, despite predictions of higher-than-average temperatures in the RTO’s footprint.
Though BPA removed any uncertainty by selecting SPP’s Markets+ over CAISO’s EDAM, the debate over whether BPA made the right choice likely will heat up as the West confronts a split into two major markets.