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”
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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”
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”