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December 9, 2025

Southwest Power Pool (SPP)

MISO and SPP
MISO, SPP Ditch 90/10 JTIQ Allocation After $465M DOE Grant
Weeks after the nearly $2 billion Joint Targeted Interconnection Queue (JTIQ) transmission portfolio was awarded a $465 million Department of Energy grant, MISO and SPP are switching their proposed cost allocation for the projects.
NOAA
Winter is Coming; SPP Says It Has No Concerns
SPP says it has not identified any concerns within its 14-state footprint this winter that it is not capable of resolving.
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Stakeholders Approve Bulk of SPP’s Markets+ Tariff
SPP's western stakeholders have endorsed large chunks of tariff language that define how the day-ahead Markets+ will handle market transmission use, congestion management, transmission capacity obligations, market manipulation, and confidentiality.
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SPP ‘All Over’ Addressing Resource Adequacy
The Resource and Energy Adequacy Leadership (REAL) Team, a cross-section group of regulators, directors and stakeholders, is the answer to SPP's No. 1 strategic priority: resource adequacy.
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SPP Membership Elects Solomon, Dimitry to Board
SPP’s membership has elected Stuart Solomon and Irene Dimitry to three-year terms on its independent Board of Directors.
Xcel Energy
Xcel Energy Touts Steel for Fuel 2.0 Plan
Xcel Energy says its “significant progress” on what it calls “industry-leading clean energy transition plans" will required $34-44 billion in investments through 2028.
BPA
Study Shows Uneven Benefits for California, Rest of West in Single Market

The results from a WMEG study indicate that many entities outside California would see more benefits from a two-market outcome while the Golden State has the most to lose from such a split.

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SPP Markets and Operations Policy Committee Briefs: Oct. 16-17, 2023
SPP stakeholders approved two revision requests that set resource adequacy policies, but not before rejecting a compromise position offered by two stakeholder groups.
SPP
SPP Markets+ Stakeholders Make Gains on Governance

As SPP moves closer to finalizing its Markets+ governance structure, the grid operator hosted a webinar largely focused on a committee that will nominate members of the market’s decision-making body.

BLM
FERC OKs Extension for Oklahoma Solar Farm
FERC granted a solar developer’s request for a 28-month extension of its commercial operation deadline, finding that it had acted in good faith to develop the facility.

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