Houston — State regulators for the Southwest Power Pool learned Monday that the grid operator plans to ask the SPP board of directors on Tuesday to approve $336 million worth of transmission projects to help accommodate continued strong growth in wind generation in the sprawling footprint.
“On average, we would expect congestion costs lower by 63 cents/MWh, or 21%, which is a fairly significant reduction,” said Lanny Nickel, SPP vice president for engineering, during Monday’s SPP Regional State Committee meeting, as he presented the proposed …
