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December 5, 2025

Southwest Power Pool (SPP)

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SPP MOPC Briefs: April 15-16, 2025
SPP's Markets and Operations Policy Committee has endorsed the last of 21 recommendations made by a task force that reviewed the RTO's transmission and market operations last decade.
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SPP Appoints New Director of Seams and Western Services

SPP has appointed Jim Gonzalez as its new senior director of seams and Western services, in what will be a highly visible position in the RTO as it continues to develop Markets+ ahead of its expected launch in 2027.

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New ERAS for SPP: Stakeholders Approve RA Studies
SPP stakeholders approved a tariff revision that creates a one-time study outside the grid operator’s normal planning process, helping load-responsible entities meet their resource adequacy requirement.
Basin Electric Power Cooperative
FERC OKs Final SPP Markets+ Compliance Filing
FERC has accepted SPP’s proposed compliance revisions to its Markets+ tariff that clarify five minor issues.
MISO, SPP
MISO, SPP Solicit Feedback on Joint Transmission Studies
MISO and SPP staff asked for input on a joint system study in 2025 during their annual transmission issues evaluation with their Interregional Planning Stakeholder Advisory Committee, which was only too happy to comply.
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Sugg Silenced Her Inner Voice for SPP’s Success
Retiring SPP CEO Barbara Sugg ascended to the top of her profession with an image of a very accomplished person confident in her abilities, despite her negative inner voice.
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GCPA to Honor Kim Casey with Power Star
The Gulf Coast Power Association has awarded its former executive director, Kim Casey, the 2025 Power Star Award in recognition of her contributions to Texas’ competitive energy markets.
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Stakeholders Call for Further IBR Standard Revisions
Industry stakeholders called for a number of revisions to NERC's proposed inverter-based resource ride-through standards, mostly involving the exemption process for legacy inverters.
Ameren
Utilities Ask FERC to Toss Local Tx Planning Complaint; Others Support It
FERC was flooded with comments on a wide-ranging complaint filed by electricity consumers seeking increased oversight of local transmission planning.
SPP
SPP Study: $88B to $263B in Generation Needed by 2050
A study of SPP’s future energy and resource needs has found the grid operator will have to rely on thermal generation to maintain grid reliability into midcentury, but it will come at a cost.

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