'An inflection point': Southwest Power Pool testifies at a regional electric grid hearing

Electric Grid Operators Tell Panel They May Not Keep Pace With Demand

Electric transmission operators told a House panel on March 25 they’re hustling to meet growing demand and that without federal and state regulatory flexibility—especially in the Northeast—many will struggle to expand already-stressed grids to power an electrifying economy. “The nation’s transmission infrastructure is simply not ready for this accelerating future,” Southwest Power Pool (SPP) Executive Vice President Lanny Nickell said. SPP, a re…

'An inflection point': Southwest Power Pool testifies at a regional electric grid hearing

Less than a week after a blizzard stormed across parts of Nebraska and Iowa, the federal Energy and Commerce Committee held a hearing about electric grid reliability across the country.

FERC Approves SPP’s RTO West Plan to Connect Eastern and Western Grids

On March 30, 2025, FERC approved revisions to Southwest Power Pool, Inc.’s (“SPP”) Open Access Transmission Tariff (“Tariff”) and Governing Documents to allow nine entities (“Expansion Members”) in the Western Interconnection to join SPP’s Regional Transmission Organization (“RTO”) as transmission-owning members (“RTO West”), on the condition that SPP submit compliance and informational filings. The approval makes SPP the first RTO to provide tr…

ACEG Statement on House Energy and Commerce Committee Grid Reliability Hearing

Tuesday, March 25  (Washington, DC) – Today, the House Energy & Commerce Committee held a hearing titled “Keeping the Lights On: Examining the State of Regional Grid Reliability,” with grid operators from across the country testifying about reliability challenges. Americans for a Clean Energy Grid Executive Director Christina Hayes issued the following statement:  “We applaud the House Energy & Commerce Committee for examining the reliability of…