Largest Battery Energy Storage Project in Oklahoma and Southwest Power Pool History Will Support Grid Reliability and Growing Energy Demand Deriva Energy announced that the Oklahoma Corporation Commission has approved the Frontier Energy Storage Project, allowing the largest battery storage project in Oklahoma and Southwest Power Pool history to move forward. The 302-megawatt battery storageContinue reading “Deriva Energy Advances Frontier Energy Storage Project Following Regulatory Approval”
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Annie Minondo Joins Advanced Power Alliance as Senior Advisor for Southwest Power Pool Affairs
Media Contact: Sarah Smallwood | Sarah.Smallwood@PowerAlliance.org AUSTIN, TEXAS – The Advanced Power Alliance (APA) today announced that Annie Minondo has joined the organization as Senior Advisor for Southwest Power Pool (SPP) Affairs. In this role, Minondo will lead APA’s advocacy efforts across the SPP region and build coalitions among stakeholders to support the responsible growth of advanced powerContinue reading “Annie Minondo Joins Advanced Power Alliance as Senior Advisor for Southwest Power Pool Affairs”
A New Era for Transmission Planning in the Southwest Power Pool
By Maya Nevels and Steve Gaw for Advanced Power Alliance Last week, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) took a decisive step toward modernizing the nation’s power grid by approving the consolidated transmission planning process proposed by Southwest Power Pool (SPP), commonly referred to as CPP. For the states and communities served by SPP, thisContinue reading “A New Era for Transmission Planning in the Southwest Power Pool”
Wind Output Enabled SPP Exports to Neighbors During Winter Storm Fern
Grid Operator Sent as Much as 3,500 MW Eastward Source: RTO Insider LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — In preparing his first presentation to stakeholders as SPP’s operations vice president, C.J. Brown said he found himself staring at a blank slide. “What am I going to talk about?” he had asked himself. “I’ve regretted that statement because asContinue reading “Wind Output Enabled SPP Exports to Neighbors During Winter Storm Fern”
Clearway Signs Portfolio of Power Purchase Agreements with Google Totaling Nearly 1.2 GW Across Three States
Clearway will deliver carbon-free energy to local grids to support Google’s data centers in SPP, ERCOT, and PJM for up to 20 years Source: Clearway Energy Group Clearway Energy Group (Clearway) announced the 2025 execution of three new long-term power purchase agreements (PPAs) with Google totaling 1.17 GW of carbon-free energy projects located in Missouri,Continue reading “Clearway Signs Portfolio of Power Purchase Agreements with Google Totaling Nearly 1.2 GW Across Three States”
From Wind and Sun to Silicon: How Oklahoma Is Powering Google’s AI Revolution
https://blog.google/inside-google/company-announcements/google-american-innovation-oklahoma/ When most people imagine the future of artificial intelligence, they tend to think of Silicon Valley or gleaming East Coast campuses, not the red dirt and wide open skies of Oklahoma. Yet that’s exactly where Google has chosen to make its boldest move: a $9 billion investment in AI and cloud infrastructure that willContinue reading “From Wind and Sun to Silicon: How Oklahoma Is Powering Google’s AI Revolution”
Analysis: Across the Great Plains, Battery Storage is Key to Power Grid Reliability and Affordability
Battery storage in the Central U.S. Could Deliver More than $7 Billion in Energy Cost Savings, While Responding to Soaring Demand A new report from Aurora Energy Research, commissioned by the American Clean Power Association (ACP), finds that the deployment of 4 GW of battery storage, enough to power 3.4 million homes during peak demand,Continue reading “Analysis: Across the Great Plains, Battery Storage is Key to Power Grid Reliability and Affordability “
Advanced Power Alliance Applauds Southwest Power Pool’s Approval of Consolidated Planning Process
The Advanced Power Alliance (APA) today applauded the Southwest Power Pool (SPP) Board of Directors for approving the first phase of the long-anticipated Consolidated Planning Process (CPP), a revolutionary modernization of the transmission planning and generation interconnection framework across SPP’s 14-state region. The CPP streamlines SPP’s regional planning processes, delivers faster and more certain costContinue reading “Advanced Power Alliance Applauds Southwest Power Pool’s Approval of Consolidated Planning Process”
Invenergy to Provide Meta with Nearly 800 MW, Supporting Data Center Operations
New agreements nearly double total procured clean energy between the companies, provide near-term energy capacity. From Invenergy: https://wwww.invenergy.com/news/invenergy-to-provide-meta-with-nearly-800-mw-supporting-data-center-operations Invenergy, America’s largest privately held developer, owner and operator of clean energy solutions, and Meta Platforms, Inc (Nasdaq: META) today announced they have signed four additional clean energy agreements that represent an additional 791 megawatts (MW) ofContinue reading “Invenergy to Provide Meta with Nearly 800 MW, Supporting Data Center Operations”
Markets+ Funding Agreement and Funding Mechanism Receive FERC Approval
From Southwest Power Pool Markets+ is SPP’s in-development day-ahead and real-time market that will serve entities in the Western Interconnection. Market development reached a significant milestone today when the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) approved both the Markets+ Phase Two Funding Agreement and the mechanism for funding the market’s development. On April 18, FERC alsoContinue reading “Markets+ Funding Agreement and Funding Mechanism Receive FERC Approval”