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February 19, 2026

Southwest Power Pool (SPP)

FERC Rejects NPPD Objection to Tri-State Zonal Placement
FERC approved SPP’s proposed Tariff revisions to incorporate Tri-State Generation as a new transmission owner in an existing pricing zone.
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SPP’s Tariff Team Begins Carving up the Elephant
SPP’s Holistic Integrated Tariff Team (HITT) has begun to decide on how to "eat the elephant," in the words of group leader Tom Kent.
SPP MMU
SPP Average Winter Prices up 4.6% from 2017
SPP’s winter real-time prices increased 4.6% from the previous year, according to the Market Monitoring Unit’s latest quarterly State of the Market report.
UPDATED: Don’t Rush on Resilience, Commenters Urge
FERC should let RTO stakeholder processes work and not issue broad and costly new mandates on grid resilience, commenters told the commission.
NERC
FERC Approves Dissolution of SPP RE
FERC approved the dissolution of the SPP Regional Entity and the transfer of its members to the Midwest Reliability Organization and SERC Reliability Corp.
CenterPoint Energy
CenterPoint Touts Vectren Deal in Earnings Call
CenterPoint reported first-quarter (Q1 2018) earnings of $241 million ($0.55/share), compared with $160 million ($0.37/share) for the same period in 2017.
SPP
SPP Seams Steering Committee Briefs: May 2, 2018
SPP and MISO staff are evaluating feedback gathered from their members on how best to improve their interregional planning process.
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Texas Commissioners Approve 478-MW SPS Wind Farm
The Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) approved Southwestern Public Service Company’s (SPS) request to build a wind farm in Texas, clearing the way for a project that will provide renewable energy and economic benefits to SPS customers in the Lone Star State and New Mexico.
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SPP Board of Directors/Members Committee Briefs: April 24, 2018
SPP’s Board of Directors was forced to table the appeal of a rejected revision request, cutting short the discussion when they realized the supporting documentation was not included in the background materials.
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SPP Regional State Committee Briefs: April 23, 2018
The SPP RSC (Regional State Committee) approved the scope for a study of cost allocation in wind-rich areas, a problem that grows along with the RTO’s wind generation.

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