SPP Members Reluctantly OK Day-Ahead Change KANSAS CITY — SPP’s Markets & Operations Policy Committee voted to move the deadline for day-ahead market offers up 90 minutes to 9:30 a.m. CT, following a lengthy discussion about whether the benefits justified the change and its price tag. The committee approved the recommendation by the Gas Electric … Continue reading SPP Members Reluctantly OK #Day-Ahead Change
SPP ups membership to 90 with 4 additions East River Electric is a wholesale electric power supply cooperative serving 24 rural electric cooperatives and one municipally-owned electric system, according to its website. In turn, those providers serve more than 92,000 homes and businesses and about 250,000 consumers. East River has a 40,000 square-mile service territory … Continue reading SPP ups membership to 90 with 4 additions
Marijuana-growing spikes Denver electric demand, challenges clean-power plan GOLDEN — Surging electricity consumption by Colorado’s booming marijuana industry is sabotaging Denver’s push to use less energy — just as the White House perfects a Clean Power Plan to cut carbon pollution. Citywide electricity use has been rising at the rate of 1.2 percent a year, … Continue reading Marijuana-growing spikes Denver #electric_demand, challenges clean-power plan
Lower gas prices edge coal out of SPP market Argus takes a look at the generation mix in the SPP market and finds falling natural gas prices are already edging coal out – and that’s before new carbon regulations come into play, likely forcing a significant restructuring. According to Argus, coal generation in the Southwestern … Continue reading Lower gas prices edge coal out of SPP market
YOURS: Changes open door for wind, solar energy gains in state Western South Dakota is poised to become a player in the national wind and solar market this October. This new opportunity for ranchers and farmers in our area follows the announcement by Basin Electric and Western Area Power Administration (WAPA) of their integration into … Continue reading YOURS: Changes open door for wind, solar energy gains in state
PJM, ERCOT and CAISO have asked the Commodities Futures Trading Commission to remove language from a draft order that they say could undermine the broad exemptions the commission granted RTOs and ISOs in 2013. The three grid operators filed joint comments last week concerning CFTC’s May 2015 draft order on a request from SPP seeking … Continue reading PJM: CFTC Order on SPP Undermines Exemption
NYISO, SPP: Reject Tx Developers’ Protests to Order 1000 Filings NYISO and SPP told the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission last week it should reject transmission developers’ protests to their recent Order 1000 compliance filings. NYISO said that LS Power and NextEra Energy made “inaccurate or misleading statements” in response to its filing, and that the … Continue reading NYISO, SPP: Reject Tx Developers’ Protests to Order 1000 Filings
Solar advocates concerned about Westar Energy plan Solar energy advocates are concerned Westar Energy’s request for new financial setups for households with solar panels could take away the cost savings of installing the panels. Mark Horst, a partner in Hutchinson-based King Solar, said Westar’s proposed new billing plans would add to costs for solar panel … Continue reading Solar advocates concerned about #Westar_Energy plan
Tx Developers Challenge NYISO, SPP, ISO-NE Order 1000 Filings Transmission developer LS Power Transmission is protesting Order 1000 compliance filings by NYISO, SPP and ISO-NE, saying they still favor regulated incumbents over independent developers. NextEra Energy also filed a protest in NYISO’s docket. The protests, submitted last week, are to compliance filings the three regions … Continue reading Tx Developers Challenge NYISO, SPP, ISO-NE Order 1000 Filings
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