Southwest Power Pool

Stories about Southwest Power Pool (18)

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  PJM Approved Two of Eight Surplus Interconnection Applications While 150 GW Sits Behind Existing Plants

  August 22, 2026 · Capacity & Wholesale Markets

  5 sources PJM Interconnection has opened a second attempt at surplus interconnection service, a pathway that reuses the grid connection of an existing power plant. The operator has approved two…

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  FERC Clears SPP to Reroute Congestion by Switching Breakers, With Studies Projecting $18 Million to $44 Million a Year

  August 19, 2026 · FERC & Federal

  3 sources FERC approved Southwest Power Pool's economic topology optimization tariff, letting the market operator reroute power around constraints by opening and closing breakers instead of redispatching generation.

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  DOE Orders SPP to Dispatch Backup Generation Across 17 States, Then Extends It Into August

  August 3, 2026 · FERC & Federal

  4 sources Energy Secretary Chris Wright signed emergency Order 202-26-37 on July 26, directing the Southwest Power Pool to dispatch generation and call on backup units across a 17-state footprint,…

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  Texas Awards Xcel’s Southwestern Public Service a $113 Million Grant to Harden the Panhandle and South Plains Grid

  July 21, 2026 · News

  4 sources Texas awarded Southwestern Public Service a $113 million Outside ERCOT grant to inspect 273,000 poles and harden distribution across the Panhandle and South Plains.

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  Leeward Reaches $1.5 Billion, 725 MW Oklahoma Solar Milestone With 525 MW Online for Google and State Utilities

  July 7, 2026 · Capacity & Wholesale Markets

  5 sources Leeward Renewable Energy marked a $1.5 billion Oklahoma solar portfolio reaching 725 MW, with Google anchoring offtake alongside Grand River Dam Authority, AEP, and OG&E.

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  FERC Orders All Six Grid Operators

  June 18, 2026 · AI Energy Demand

  3 sources FERC issued Section 206 show-cause orders to all six U.S. grid operators on June 18, 2026, giving each 60 days to justify or rewrite tariffs governing how data…

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  FERC Approves SPP’s CHILLS Tariff, Giving Data Centers Up to 7 Years of Curtailable Transmission

  June 5, 2026 · FERC & Federal

  3 sources Federal regulators approved a Southwest Power Pool tariff letting data centers connect for up to seven years on curtailable transmission, trading firm delivery for a much faster grid…

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  PG&E Residential Rates Could Drop 4.5%

  May 7, 2026 · Analysis

  4 sources An E3 study found managed off-peak truck charging could cut PG&E residential rates 4.4 to 4.5 percent by 2035, saving typical 600 kWh/month customers $15 to $20 per…

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  DOE Order Allows 446 MW Craig Station Coal Plant to Operate

  March 30, 2026 · Emergency & Local Government

  3 sources Craig Station Unit 1, a 446 MW coal plant in Colorado, will continue operating under a DOE emergency order issued March 30, 2026, to prevent grid instability.

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  Google Secures 1 GW Demand Response From 5 U.S. Utilities

  March 20, 2026 · Grid Services & Demand Response

  4 sources Google reached 1 GW of data center demand response capacity through contracts with five U.S. utilities, allowing the hyperscaler to shift machine learning workloads during peak grid stress…