SPP makes progress on Markets+ as first entity commits to fund more development

摘要

The Southwest Power Pool on Aug. 17 outlined the latest developmentsin its planned Markets+ service in the West, on the heels of anannouncement that the Bonneville Power Administration hasbecome the first western entity to formally commit to funding furtherdevelopment of the marketBPA’s decision to help fund development of Markets+ is significantin part because BPA in May joined a competing market, California Independent System Operator’s Western Energy Imbalance Market.SPP’s Markets + and the CAISO WIEM’s planned extended day aheadmarket, or EDAM, are competing to provide day-ahead market servicesin the West.