SPP is ready to enter a new era with its new fast-track interconnection process. (Utility Dive)
State utility regulators and utilities including American Electric Power and Southwestern Public Service Co. support SPP’s Expedited Resource Adequacy Study.
But: IPPs, trade groups like the Clean Energy Buyers Association, and NextEra Energy Resources have criticized it, fearing that the program will “enable preferential grid access for utility-affiliated generation” and raise electricity prices.