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June 22, 2025

Southwest Power Pool (SPP)

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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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SPP Embraces Need for Speed to Meet Change Head-on

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.

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MISO-SPP JTIQ Fed Funds Caught Up in DOE Review of Grants

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.

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SPP, Hitachi Partner to Use AI in Clearing GI Queue

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.

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Panel Approves SPP Markets+ Phase 2 Governance Transition

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. 

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SPP Readies Participants for Next Phase of Markets+
SPP is preparing participants for the next phase of Markets+ development, when stakeholders will build the day-ahead market's systems, processes and procedures.
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MISO Gen Developers Sour on RTO’s JTIQ Cost Allocation
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.
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SPP ‘Confident’ in Meeting Demand this Summer
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.
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Debate Lingers After BPA Day-ahead Market Decision
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.
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2025 ‘Challenging’ Year for SPP, Exec Says
With winter storms, load sheds and tight operating conditions, 2025 has turned out to be “quite a challenging year” for SPP.

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