NPPD’s R-line threatens whooping cranes, Sandhills Is it OK to kill an endangered species and destroy a Nebraska treasure unique to the world so a handful of people can make money off of the federal government? We’re about to find out. According to the Audubon Society, there are about 603 whooping cranes left in three … Continue reading #NPPD ‘s R-line threatens whooping cranes, Sandhills
Peak Reliability to call it quits in 2019 -Peak Reliability announced on Wednesday it will wind down operations at the end of next year, following about a year of effort to provide reliability coordination (RC) services in the West. -Peak also announced that it is ending a partnership with PJM Connext, which the pair had … Continue reading Peak Reliability to call it quits in 2019
SPP to offer reliability coordination in Western Interconnection power grid The Southwest Power Pool, an electric reliability council operating in the central Southern US roughly from North Dakota to the Texas Panhandle, will begin offering reliability coordination services in the Western Interconnection. The Western Interconnection is a wide area power grid that runs from western … Continue reading SPP to offer reliability coordination in Western Interconnection power grid
Southwest Power Pool: State of the Market 2017 Wind, volatility and market costs were up in 2017 but coal was down according to the annual report from the grid overseer for 14 midwest, Plains and southwest states. The Southwest Power Pool’s annual report showed that peak load rose 1 percent to 51,181 MW, but actual … Continue reading Southwest Power Pool: State of the Market 2017
SPP Market Monitor’s Annual State of the Market Report shows competitive markets, recommends steps for enhanced flexibility and efficiency LITTLE ROCK, Ark., May 11, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Southwest Power Pool (SPP) Marketing Monitoring Unit (MMU) has released its 2017 Annual State of the Market Report. The report presents an overview of market design … Continue reading SPP Market Monitor’s Annual State of the Market Report shows competitive markets, recommends steps for enhanced flexibility and efficiency
Southwest Power Pool pursuing grid expansion plan without Colorado utility, for now Plans to integrate an informal group of Rocky Mountain electricity service providers and power generators in the western U.S. into the Southwest Power Pool may have dimmed. In promoting the deal, both the Mountain West Transmission Group and the Southwest Power Pool had … Continue reading Southwest Power Pool pursuing grid expansion plan without #Colorado utility, for now
RTOs Take to Catwalk for Western Commissioners VANCOUVER, Canada — The three RTOs vying to organize Western electricity markets on Thursday faced off before an audience of utility regulators in what one state commissioner billed a “beauty pageant.” “Thank you for competing,” Montana Public Service Commission Vice Chairman Travis Kavulla jokingly told representatives of CAISO, … Continue reading RTOs Take to Catwalk for Western Commissioners
SPP CEO ‘very disappointed’ with Colorado utility’s exit from Mountain West Transmission Group Southwest Power Pool CEO Nick Brown said Tuesday that Friday’s announcement by Xcel Energy unit Public Service Co. of Colorado that it was exiting Mountain West Transmission Group “caught us by a great deal of surprise and shock.” “I am very disappointed, … Continue reading SPP CEO ‘very disappointed’ with #Colorado utility’s exit from Mountain West Transmission Group
Xcel Energy ditches effort to join regional network as potential cost savings evaporate Xcel Energy, the state’s largest utility, is pulling out of the Mountain West Transmission Group, which likely will derail an effort by Colorado utilities to join the Southwest Power Pool. “After much deliberation, Xcel Energy has determined that continued engagement in Mountain … Continue reading #Xcel_Energy ditches effort to join regional network as potential cost savings evaporate
Solar and wind plus storage to increasingly replace gas plants A session at BNEF’s Future of Energy Summit explored how renewables paired with energy storage are successfully competing with new gas plants. For some years it has been obvious that increasing deployment of solar and wind is cutting into the market share of coal and … Continue reading Solar and wind plus storage to increasingly replace gas plants
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