Southwest Power Pool (SPP)
SPP offered stakeholders a deep dive into an analysis of the RTO’s Western regional market that projects millions in savings for members.
SPP staff said that stakeholders’ overall satisfaction with the RTO’s services and performance rose during 2020, even as survey responses dropped.
SPP’s WEIS stakeholders voted to move forward with parallel operations, the final test before the WEIS market’s planned February launch.
SPP staff have been meeting with MISO staff as they scope the RTOs' joint transmission study of potential projects along their seam.
SPP signaled it may be on the verge of further expanding its footprint, as several Western utilities are committed to evaluating membership.
MISO stakeholders said another round of expensive system upgrades would render its West planning region a “dead zone” for new generation.
MISO will file at FERC to extend a rate schedule that determines what market participants pay for using its Midwest-to-South transmission path
This summer’s average hourly load in the SPP footprint was 2% higher than the year before, according to the MMU’s quarterly report.
SPP’s Board of Directors approved 2021 operating & capital budgets that bend to the realities of COVID-19 and its potential economic impacts.
FERC approved SPP’s affected-system order compliance filing and the RTO's proposal to revise its fast-start pricing practices.
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