Southwest Power Pool (US)

Two SPP comment windows close today, ten routine filings come due between Wednesday and Friday, and a NERC standards window closes on Monday, August 31. Thirteen deadlines in all this week.

The through line: today, before anything else

Of the thirteen comment windows closing this week, the two to deal with first close today, Monday, August 24: the Storage Reliability and Flexibility Initiative and BP 7700 RFP Criteria Points Weighting. A comment not filed today on either is a comment not filed. The rest of the week belongs to routine docket traffic, and the month closes out with a single NERC deadline.

Closing this week

Monday, August 24: Storage Reliability and Flexibility Initiative and BP 7700 RFP Criteria Points Weighting, both closing today.

Monday, August 31: 2025-01 Canadian-Specific Revisions to EOP-012-3, a NERC reliability standard under development.

The routine filings cluster midweek. Wednesday, August 26 closes four: ER26-3424-000, the 4978 Blue Valley Grid Surplus Interconnection; ER26-3425-000, revisions to remove MSRs from the calibration; ER26-3426-000, clarifying that LSEs must attest to compliance; and ER26-3428-000, the 4934 Beavertail Storage II Surplus Interconnection. Thursday, August 27 closes four more: ER26-3447-000, revisions for FERC Order No. 831 offer caps; ER26-3448-000, revisions to update the SHOC Multiplier; ER26-3449-000, revisions to the Markets+ Tariff; and ER26-2781-001, the 4193R3 City of Paris NITSA NOA amendment. Friday, August 28 closes the last two: ER26-3452-000, the 4980 Kinsley Solar Surplus Interconnection GIA, and ER26-3455-000, the 4058R2 Missouri Electric Commission NITSA NOA amendment.

What moved

Three comment windows closed since the last edition. The SPP window on CPP ICS Facility Analysis and Study timeline and Affected System notification and the NERC window on 2023-09 Risk Management for Third-Party Cloud Services both closed on Friday, August 21, and the window on VRL Ramp Rates closed on August 17. One item, SPP-RR0778, left the open list altogether.

Coming up

Comments by Tuesday, September 1: five windows land at once. At SPP, the Show Cause Order on Transmission Service to Large Load. In the Federal Register, the 4985 Western Area Power Administration CRSP Meter Agent filing, the 1166R48 Oklahoma Municipal Power Authority NITSA and NOA, revisions to address Resource Deregistration and Modification, and the 4986 North Plains Connector and Basin Electric HVDC filing.

Comments by Wednesday, September 2: the 3215R20 People's Electric Cooperative NITSA NOA and revisions for improvements to the Aggregate Transmission Service Study.

Comments by Thursday, September 3: the 4987 NextEra Energy Resources Development Surplus GIA and revisions to incorporate MSR Self-Committed to Charge MWs.

Comments by Tuesday, September 8: the 4983 Torchlight Solar GIA, which arrived this week.

Comments by Thursday, September 10: the Annual Revisions to Attachment W, the Index of Grandfathered Agreements, also new this week.

Comments by Friday, September 18: two Commission information collection extensions, FERC-725U and FERC-923.

Comments by Wednesday, September 23: NERC's 2022-05 Modifications to CIP-008 Reporting Threshold.

The wide view

Seventeen items arrived in the last seven days; the ones carrying comment deadlines already appear above. Among the rest, MRO announced enforcement discretion for PRC-029 R1, 2, and 3 along with Inverter Based Resource Small Group Advisory Sessions, reported that Category 2 IBR Generator Owner and Operator registration continues, and is seeking nominations for its annual HERO Award. Federal Register notices show applications accepted for filing, soliciting comments and motions to intervene, from Brookfield White Pine LLC and Georgia Power Company for temporary variances, from Alabama Power Company, and from Seefeld Corporation for surrender of an exemption, with seven more new items besides. Across the whole market, 161 items remain open, all tracked.

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