Southwest Power Pool (US)
SPP issued advisories for both its East and West Balancing Authority Areas in the middle of last week, and constraints bound at a shadow price of $500/MWh or more on every day from October 15 through early this morning. Twenty-one comment windows close in the next seven days, four of them today.
Corrected November 7, 2026. The first version of this edition said two comment windows closed this week and ten items arrived, and left out other open electricity windows. This version lists them, corrects both counts, describes the 168 as tracked items rather than open ones, and repairs the revision request links.
Grid conditions this week
October 14:
Conservative Operations Advisory, SPP East BAA. SPP issued a Conservative Operations Advisory for the East Balancing Authority Area (BAA) on Wednesday, October 14, from 5 p.m. CT until an anticipated end time of 8 p.m. CT.
October 15:
Resource Advisory, SPP West BAA. SPP issued a Resource Advisory for the West Balancing Authority Area (BAA) on Thursday, October 15, 2026, from 12:30 a.m. CT until 3 a.m. CT.
Closing in the next seven days
Thirteen routine filings and one complaint also close. Today, Monday, October 19:
ER26-3871-000, a rate filing with Revisions for Repricing Modifications, and
EL26-109-000, the complaint of Entergy Texas, Inc., et al. v. Midcontinent Independent System Operator Inc. and Southwest Power Pool. On Tuesday, October 20:
ER26-3876-000, the 1148R40 American Electric Power NITSA and NOA, and
ER26-3877-000, the 5006 Bullfrog Energy GIA. On Wednesday, October 21:
ER26-2600-003, the 4618R1 Municipal Energy Agency of Nebraska NITSA and NOA;
ER26-3882-000, the 5005 Rabbit's Foot 2 Solar GIA;
ER26-3885-000, the 1628R34 Western Farmers Electric Cooperative NITSA NOAs; and
ER26-3889-000, a filing by Evergy Kansas Central, Inc., Southwest Power Pool, Inc., and others. On Thursday, October 22:
ER26-2638-002, SPP's deficiency response on Revisions to Adjust RUC Make Whole Payment Distribution;
ER27-11-000, the 607R53 Evergy Kansas Central, Inc. NITSA NOA;
ER27-14-000, the 1630R14 The Empire District Electric Company NITSA and NOA; and
ER27-4-000, the 2415R25 Kansas Municipal Energy Agency NITSA and NOA. On Monday, October 26:
ER26-2764-000, the 1628R32 Western Farmers Electric Cooperative refund report, and
ER27-50-000, revisions to the Markets+ Tariff to add co-located resource functionality.
What moved
Coming up
October 28: comments due on
ER26-3625-001, an amended filing on Revisions for SPP Generating Facilities Modeling Requirements, and
ER27-61-000, revisions to clarify outage documentation references.
October 30: comments due on
ER26-2947-000, the refund report on the Amended and Restated Emergency Energy Transactions Agreement;
ER26-3068-000, the 3474R2 Clarksville Connected Utilities refund report; and
ER27-97-000, revisions to the Markets+ Tariff to enhance the Market Storage Resource Design.
November 3: comments due on
ER27-118-000, revisions to the Tariff to add Marginal GHG Price in Day-Ahead Market Results.
November 4: comments due on
ER27-128-000, non-substantive revisions to Attachment H of the Tariff;
ER27-129-000, revisions to the Markets+ Tariff to remove Real-Time capability;
ER27-131-000, revisions to the Markets+ Tariff to properly reflect Greenhouse Gas Pricing Comp.;
ER27-136-000, revisions to update the Markets+ Transmission Service Provider OASIS Queue; and
ER27-139-000,
ER27-140-000, and
ER27-141-000, the 5014, 5015, and 5016 Public Service Company of Oklahoma GIAs.
The wide view
Twenty-five items arrived in the last seven days. Alongside two revision requests, 13 filings, and the two FERC information collections published October 13 and October 15, all listed above, the Federal Register carried a
Sunshine Act Meeting Notice and a notice on
ECOsponsible, LLC's license termination by implied surrender, both published October 14, and a
Dominion Energy South Carolina, Inc. application notice published October 13. Also new are
2026-03 Computational Loads Disturbance Performance, an update on
progress on NERC's Large Load Action Plan, a piece on
EMS challenges with implementing FERC Order 881,
MRO's call for board and organizational group nominations, and the
Third Quarter Letter to Members. In all, 168 items sit on the tracked list for this edition.
Dates and documents are the source's own. For the same coverage across several markets, with the weekly written edition, see
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