The Southwest Power Pool and Midcontinent Independent Service Operator issued alerts Monday in response to weather forecasts that predicted record-low temperatures and higher-than-normal peakload, driving up power prices. SPP issued a resource alert for Monday evening through Wednesday “due to high forecasted load, uncertainty of outage return to service, and extreme cold weather” within the SPP footprint. The grid operator said it “may use greater unit commitment notification timeframes.” “Much of the central and eastern US will be enveloped in a region of much below average temperatures over the next two days, along with potential for widespread record cold morning low temperatures and record low afternoon high temperatures,” the US National Weather Service wrote Monday afternoon.
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