September 14, 2015 SPP is preparing for the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan by beginning outreach to state officials and planning to form a task force under its Strategic Planning Committee. The RTO scheduled a two-hour webinar to kick off the effort on Friday, Sept. 18. Lanny Nickell, SPP’s engineering vice president and point … Continue reading SPP Ramping Up for EPA Carbon Rule
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Oklahoma Corporation Commission reviews other states’ opt-outs for smart meters in Public Service Co. of Oklahoma case How much other state regulators let utilities charge for customers opting out of smart meters was the focus Friday in a hearing involving Public Service Co. of Oklahoma at the Corporation Commission. PSO wants approval to charge customers … Continue reading #Oklahoma Corporation Commission reviews other states’ opt-outs for smart meters in Public Service Co. of Oklahoma case
Emails Show Koch Industries Backed Effort to Undermine Renewable Energy in Kansas Emails and financial documents released by the University of Kansas on Thursday reveal earmarked funding from Koch Industries to develop research used to lobby against the state renewable energy standard. On November 12, 2013, Art Hall, the director of the university’s Center for … Continue reading Emails Show #Koch_Industries Backed Effort to Undermine Renewable Energy in #Kansas
NRG Gripes That Few ISOs/RTOs Are Complying with FERC Order 809 NRG Energy filed a protest with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on August 18 – arguing that all independent system operators/regional transmission organizations (ISOs/RTOs) that have not changed their Day-Ahead Schedules in compliance with the commission’s Order 809 should be required to do … Continue reading #NRG Gripes That Few #ISOs/RTOs Are Complying with FERC #Order_809
How regional compliance can help states meet EPA emissions targets faster and cheaper There are now at least three major transmission system operators with studies showing regional Clean Power Plan (CPP) compliance strategies will be more cost-effective than state-by-state compliances. A new preliminary study from the Southwest Power Pool (SPP) confirms the findings of both … Continue reading How regional compliance can help states meet EPA emissions targets faster and cheaper
Obama’s Clean Power Plan: Oklahoma Officials Attack, Utilities on Path to Comply Even before the Obama Administration’s Clean Power Plan was finalized, politicians in Oklahoma were already fighting it in the court of public opinion, and in real court, too. And Gov. Mary Fallin has vowed that Oklahoma will not submit a state compliance plan … Continue reading #Obama ’s Clean Power Plan: Oklahoma Officials Attack, #Utilities on Path to Comply
August 17, 2015 By Tom Kleckner LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — While SPP says it is continuing to analyze the 1,500 pages in the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan, some stakeholders in the RTO’s 14-state footprint wasted no time taking action. In the first of several expected legal challenges, state attorneys general from half of … Continue reading SPP, MISO, PJM States Join Opposition to Clean Power Plan
July 27, 2015 By Tom Kleckner SPP’s latest analysis of the Environmental Protection Agency’s draft Clean Power Plan indicates state-by-state compliance with the plan would result in nearly 40% higher costs than a regional approach. Read the full article at RTO Insider.
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