SPP Issues First Resource Advisory — A Week after Colorado Utilities Join Up
A week after Colorado utilities joined the Southwest Power Pool (SPP) on April 1, the RTO has issued a Resource Advisory for the West, active through April 13. SPP’s brand-new western footprint is experiencing its first reliability stress event. The public does not need to “conserve energy or take any action,” to respond to the […]
Colorado Joins the Southwest Power Pool. Now What?
Last night, several Colorado-based utilities officially joined the Southwest Power Pool, a regional transmission organization serving members in all or part of 17 states. Colorado Springs Utilities, Platte River Power Authority, Tri-State Generation and Transmission, and others have become part of the RTO, which is the first “to bridge the eastern and western electric grids.” […]
