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POWER Magazine•3 days ago

•GridBeyond has launched its 'Designer' AI solution within the Southwest Power Pool (SPP) market.
•The tool is designed to assist asset owners and businesses in planning, designing, and analyzing prospective energy investments.
•It aims to optimize project planning and operations, enabling users to maximize revenue from real-time markets and achieve savings on energy spend.

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Utility Dive•3 days ago

•The Southwest Power Pool (SPP) has proposed a 'consolidated planning process' to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).
•This proposal aims to merge transmission planning and interconnection processes, with the goal of making it easier and faster to bring new power supplies online.
•For developers and IPPs, this represents a significant regulatory change designed to streamline project timelines and reduce barriers to grid connection.

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Utility Dive•7 days ago

•Xcel Energy plans a massive $60 billion capital expenditure, including 7.5 GW of renewables, 3 GW of gas generation, and 1.9 GW of energy storage, signaling significant market opportunities for developers and equipment providers.
•The plan includes 1,500 miles of high-voltage transmission and $5 billion for wildfire mitigation, addressing critical grid modernization, reliability, and interconnection challenges across Xcel's service territories.
•This substantial investment indicates a strong utility commitment to decarbonization and grid resilience, driving demand for new generation, storage, and transmission projects, and offering new PPA opportunities for large power consumers.

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