EL26-68-000 · 2026-07-20 · Southwest Power Pool, Inc.

SPP reports on resource adequacy and large-load proposals

Read topic-matched comments in EL26-68

Topics in the text: Reliability and curtailment · Connecting load and generation · Cost allocation

What the document says

Interconnection · PDF pp. 9–14

Accelerated supply and provisional load studies

SPP traces its expedited resource process to urgent needs through 2030. A separate provisional process studies load before all supply is named.

a one-time, accelerated pathway for new generating resources to help address urgent reliability needs through 2030 PDF p. 11

Reliability studies · PDF pp. 15–17

Identifying high-impact loads

SPP separates the study of a high-impact load from the agreement for generation assigned to serve it. Operational requirements continue after the initial study.

established enhanced study requirements for HILLs to enable SPP to assess the load’s reliability impacts PDF p. 15

Curtailment · PDF pp. 17–19

Conditional service has an end date

CHILLS allows temporary conditional service with supporting generation and separate metering. Customers must pursue permanent firm transmission service; SPP can curtail in an emergency.

CHILLS are limited to a maximum seven-year term PDF p. 19

State regulators raised the risk that a large project leaves early

SPP Regional State Committee · Related public statement

In its later comments on the filing schedule, the committee said its cost team was examining security for upgrades if a large customer never arrives or leaves early. It did not approve a particular conditional-service charge.

PDF pp. 1–2

Flexible demand · PDF pp. 23–26

A different offer for price-sensitive demand

SPP describes proposed usage-based service for customers willing to follow dispatch instructions and cut demand during constraints. In this July report, the proposal had not been filed.

PAL/PALS remains under active stakeholder development and has not yet been submitted to the Commission PDF p. 24

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