Southwest Power Pool

SPP has declared a Resource Advisory for its West Balancing Authority Area from 2 p.m. CT today, since extended to an anticipated end of 12 a.m. CT on Wednesday, October 7, after a week in which the CRSP hub reached $1,427/MWh. Fifteen comment and ballot windows close by Friday, and comment windows on the market rule items run through October 19.

Corrected November 7, 2026. The first version of this edition gave the West Balancing Authority Area advisory's first end time, which SPP extended. It also said fourteen routine comment windows closed by Friday and left out other open electricity windows. This version lists them, repairs the revision request links, and describes the 176 as tracked items rather than open ones.

Grid conditions this week

October 3: SPP declared a Resource Advisory for the West Balancing Authority Area (BAA), taking effect Monday, October 5, 2026, at 2 p.m. CT, until an anticipated end time of Tuesday, October 6, 2026, at 12 a.m. CT (midnight).

October 5: 1 constraint bound at a shadow price of $500/MWh or more; the largest was TMP141 31585 (XFMR SIOUXCY - SIOUXCY) at $1,091/MWh, 7:10 AM CT.

October 3: 1 constraint bound at a shadow price of $500/MWh or more; the largest was TEMP39 26016 (LN TEKAMHO - SUB1226) at $755/MWh, 9:50 AM CT.

October 2: The CRSP hub reached $187/MWh in the interval ending 7:00 PM CT, and 4 constraints bound at a shadow price of $500/MWh or more; the largest was TMP128 29363 (LN RUSSETT - SBROWN) at $1,457/MWh, 2:00 PM CT.

October 1: The CRSP hub reached $1,427/MWh in the interval ending 8:20 AM CT, and 13 constraints bound at a shadow price of $500/MWh or more; the largest was TMP522 27112 (XFMR MCLEODN - MCLEODN) at $1,998/MWh, 6:50 AM CT.

September 30: The SPPNORTH hub reached $461/MWh in the interval ending 11:15 AM CT, and 23 constraints bound at a shadow price of $500/MWh or more; the largest was TP1177 32125 (LN ANTA TP - ANITA) at $1,899/MWh, 8:15 AM CT.

The through line: market rules on the table

The prices above sit alongside a run of tracked items on how the market itself works. Comments on SPP's Multi-Day Economic Commitment are due October 13. At FERC, comments on SPP's Notice of Effective Date for expanding the Dispatchable Transaction Model into the RTBM are due October 15, and comments on its Revisions for Repricing Modifications during Real-Time Balancing Market Outages are due October 19. The same day closes comments on SPP's Bilateral Settlement Schedules Clarification of Limitation Language and on the complaint of Entergy Texas, Inc., et al. against Midcontinent Independent System Operator Inc. and Southwest Power Pool.

Closing this week

Today, October 5: The final ballot closes on NERC's 2025-01 Canadian-Specific Revisions to EOP-012-3.

Friday, October 9: Comments close on the Deficiency Response on Peak Demand Assessment (ER26-2249-002).

The rest of the week's 15 windows are routine per-docket filings. Today, October 5: Nemaha-Marshall Electric Cooperative NITSA (ER26-2921-002), Evergy Kansas Central, Inc. NITSA NOAs 1885R17 (ER26-2934-002) and 1887R17 (ER26-2935-003), the amended Evergy Metro NITSA NOA (ER26-3064-002), and the 4325R1 SPS GIA (ER26-3762-000). Tomorrow, October 6: Evergy Kansas Central, Inc. NITSA NOAs 1889R16 (ER26-2936-002), 1891R16 (ER26-2937-002), and 1893R17 (ER26-2940-002). Thursday, October 8: Evergy Kansas Central, Inc. filings for Vermillion (ER26-2950-002) and Toronto (ER26-2952-002). Friday, October 9: Evergy Kansas Central, Inc. filings for Muscotah (ER26-2954-002) and Scranton (ER26-2956-002), and the 4998 Woodward, Silo, Canadian County & OGE rate filing (ER26-3793-000).

Coming up

Tuesday, October 13: Comments due on Multi-Day Economic Commitment, and on nine NITSA and NOA amendments: Oklahoma Municipal Power Authority (1166R48), Kansas Power Pool (2198R41), Kansas Electric Power Cooperative, Inc. (1636R35 and 1875R11), Evergy Metro (1276R42), KMEA (2900R30), and Kansas Municipal Energy Agency (2415R24, 1266R22, and 2562R17).

Wednesday, October 14: Comments due on five NITSA and NOA amendments: City of Chanute, KS (2881R23), FreeState Electric Cooperative, Inc. (1976R17), MO Joint Municipal Electric Utility Commission (3599R7), Kansas City Board (3620R9), and Evergy Metro (1276R43).

Thursday, October 15: Comments due on the Dispatchable Transaction Model into RTBM compliance filing, the 5013 Clara Hills Solar and ITC Great Plains E&P Agreement, the 5007 Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation GIA, and the Commission's FERC-556 information collection extension, FERC-912 information collection extension, and FERC-561 information collection extension.

Friday, October 16: Comments due on the Commission's FERC-555 information collection extension.

Monday, October 19: Comments due on Bilateral Settlement Schedules Clarification of Limitation Language, the Repricing Modifications during Real-Time Balancing Market Outages filing (ER26-3871-000), the Entergy Texas, Inc., et al. complaint (EL26-109-000), and the Commission's FERC-521 information collection extension.

Tuesday, October 20: Comments due on the 1148R40 American Electric Power NITSA and NOA and the 5006 Bullfrog Energy GIA.

Monday, October 26: Comments due on NERC's Standards Processes Manual Revisions and the Commission's FERC-725S information collection.

Monday, November 16: Comments due on SPP's Focused Portfolio.

The wide view

Sixteen items arrived in the last seven days, among them notices on the RamaFlux Sierra PSH, LLC preliminary permit application and The City of Columbus, Ohio application for surrender of exemption. In all, 176 items sit on the tracked list for this edition, including Load Safe Harbor Limit, Winter Season Testing, aligning SPP Planning Criteria with NERC TPL-001-5.1, and the Detailed Project Proposal (DPP) Fee.

Dates and documents are the source's own. For the same coverage across several markets, see the Pro tier.