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February 15, 2026

Southwest Power Pool (SPP)

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FERC Approves PSCo’s Temporary CO2 Price
FERC on Tuesday approved Public Service Company of Colorado’s request to use the social cost of carbon to help dispatch its generation for the next few months.
Utah Office of Energy Development and S&P Global Market Intelligence
CAISO Issues Report on Western Regionalization Studies
CAISO released a draft report on Western regionalization that is intended to revive talks on the ISO becoming a multistate RTO and bolster legislation.
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FERC Accepts SPP Order 845 Compliance Filing, Grants Tx Planning Waiver

FERC has accepted a pair of SPP tariff revisions related to generator interconnection procedures and transmission planning.

Gov. Kathy Hochul
FERC, NERC Set Probe on Xmas Storm Blackouts
FERC and NERC will conduct yet another inquiry into cold weather grid failures after Duke and TVA cut power to consumers during December's winter storm.
California Assembly
Plans Revive to Make CAISO a Western RTO
A new legislative push for multi-state CAISO governance and the ISO's drive to add an extended day ahead market top this year's agenda.
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SPP Makes Moves Out of the Southwest

SPP continues to make a misnomer out of the "Southwest" portion of its name, expanding its beachhead in the Western Interconnection along several fronts.

SPP
SPP Hands Lucas, Kelley New VP Positions
SPP has added to its senior leadership team by naming Antoine Lucas as vice president of markets and David Kelley as vice president of engineering.
Mortensen Wind Energy Group
FERC Denies Tenaska’s Complaints over Wind Curtailments
FERC has denied a Tenaska complaint alleging that grid operators adopted operating guides, resulting in unduly discriminatory curtailment for its wind farm.
NERC
NERC Warns of Ongoing Extreme Weather Risks
The coming decade will see “extraordinary reliability challenges and opportunities” amid rapid changes in the North American electric grid, NERC staff said.
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MISO, SPP Unable to Find Smaller Joint Tx Projects
MISO and SPP announced that they will not pursue any small interregional projects next year from their first Targeted Market Efficiency Project study.

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