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”

Southwest Power Pool, Mountain West Transmission Group Move Closer to RTO Membership for Western Entities

On March 13, Southwest Power Pool’s (SPP) board of directors approved the next phase of the continuing effort to integrate the Mountain West Transmission Group into the regional transmission organization’s (RTO) membership. The board’s vote is the culmination of more than a year of negotiations regarding the terms and conditions of Mountain West’s proposed membershipContinue reading “Southwest Power Pool, Mountain West Transmission Group Move Closer to RTO Membership for Western Entities”