Generation

After a decade of changes, Southwest Power Pool looks to modernize power market rules

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Houston — The Southwest Power Pool is undertaking a yearlong review of its governance, transmission cost allocation and planning philosophies to accommodate dramatic changes in the wholesale power market and electric utility industry over the past decade.

“We have not done the ‘check-and-adjust’ on where we’ve been and where we need to be,” said Rob Janssen, vice president of Dogwood Energy, the operator of a natural gas-fired plant in Cass County, Missouri, owned by a number of parties including …

Generation

Cal-ISO eyes plan to give EIM governing body more say

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Washington — The California Independent System Operator is floating a plan to give the members of the Western energy imbalance market more say in governance by giving the EIM governing body the first vote on certain rule changes before the rules go to the Cal-ISO board and federal regulators for approval.

The change is significant because the governance of the EIM has been an issue during the expansion of the regional energy market. Some participants in …