Understanding the Southwest Power Pool: What is Nebraska s agreement with SPP amid planned outages?
OPPD says Southwest Power Pool has provided help to Nebraska amid past floods, natural disasters Share Updated: 10:58 PM CST Feb 16, 2021
OPPD says Southwest Power Pool has provided help to Nebraska amid past floods, natural disasters Share Updated: 10:58 PM CST Feb 16, 2021
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Show Transcript OF A GREATER MAGNITUDE. ROB: BUT THE DEMAND DOES N STOP AT THE NEBRASKA BORDER. THE SOUTHWEST POWER POOL COVERS A 14-STATE REGION, THE IMPACT CAN AND DOES CROSS STATE LINES. JULIE: SO WHY DOESN’T OPPD G OFF THE LARGER GRID AND OPERATE ON ITS OWN KETV NEWSWATCH 7’S ALEXANDRA STONE TOOK THAT QUESTION TO THE COMPANY’S CE ALEXANDRA: OPPD PRESIDENT TIM BURKE SAYS FEDERAL REGULATIONS DATING BACK TO THE 1990S LED TO THIS SYSTEM WE HAVE TODA BURKE NOTING MOST OF THE UNITED STATES HAS THESE REGIONAL TRANSMISSION ORGANIZATIONS, HE SAYS BEING PART OF
SWEPCO, other utility companies put emergency controlled outages in the ArkLaTex into effect again
SWEPCO crews prepare ahead of major ice storm; controlled emergency blackouts could happen again By Kaitlyn Gibson and Curtis Heyen | February 15, 2021 at 12:38 PM CST - Updated February 16 at 9:57 PM
SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) Cleco Power began periodic power outages on the evening of Tuesday, Feb. 16. They say extremely cold temperatures are causing an increase in demand for power which is resulting in an overload of the power grid.
“While our crews worked to prepare for this storm, a loss of generation combined with the peak load due to record-low temperatures have caused a strain on the power grid system. In an effort to prevent damage or lengthy power outages, Cleco was instructed by MISO to begin forced power outages,” said Terry Whitmore, vice president of transmission services. “Depending on conditions, individual customers could experience multiple outages each l