SPP Markets+
Outgoing FERC Chair Mark Christie and former Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter both emphasized that the West controls the future of the Western interconnection, not Washington.
BPA CEO John Hairston’s keynote at the annual meeting of the WCPSC spotlighted a theme that would dominate discussion at the event: the looming prospect of overwhelming growth in electricity demand in the West and across the U.S.
The panel of SPP board members overseeing the development of Markets+ has approved the governance transition plan for the construction phase of the day-ahead market.
FERC rejected a request by four Western utilities to rehear its approval of the “transmission contributors” option in the SPP Markets+ tariff but provided the utilities clarification on the boundaries of that provision.
A California bill to implement the West Wide Governance Pathways Initiative’s Step 2 proposal is headed to the floor of the state Senate after being approved by the body’s Appropriations Committee.
Puget Sound Energy said it is joining Markets+, marking another win for SPP shortly after the Bonneville Power Administration issued its final market policy in favor of the day-ahead market.
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