Amended Joint Motion of Southwest Power Pool, Inc. et al. to Hold Section 206 Proceeding in Abeyance
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EL26-68-000 JOINT MOVANTS’ AMENDED MOTION TO HOLD SECTION 206 PROCEEDING IN ABEYANCE Southwest Power Pool, Inc. (“SPP”), American Electric Power Service Corporation, Evergy, Inc., GridLiance High Plains LLC, ITC Great Plains, LLC, Mountrail-Williams Electric Cooperative, NextEra Energy Transmission…Read this passage Filed comments: Filing procedure
I. INTRODUCTION
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INTRODUCTION
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Specifically, the Commission states that it: will consider requests from SPP and/or the Transmission Owners to hold, for up to 90 days, all or certain aspects of this FPA section 206 proceeding in abeyance, including the deadline to respond to this order.Read this passage Filed comments: Filing procedure
II. GOOD CAUSE EXISTS TO HOLD THIS PROCEEDING IN ABEYANCE
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GOOD CAUSE EXISTS TO HOLD THIS PROCEEDING IN ABEYANCE Good cause exists to grant the Joint Movants' abeyance request.Read this passage Filed comments: Filing procedure
III. SPP’S STAKEHOLDER PROCESS NECESSITATES ADDITIONAL TIME
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By contrast, the requested ninety-five (95) day abeyance will permit, although still on an expedited time frame, SPP to convene the necessary stakeholder meetings, develop and refine draft revisions to the Committee, comprising a committee or working group that is charged with specific…Read this passage Filed comments: Filing procedure
IV. ANTICIPATED SECTION 205 FILING
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ANTICIPATED SECTION 205 FILING Unlike a typical request to defer a procedural deadline, the Commission expressly directed respondents seeking abeyance to provide a detailed description of the anticipated Tariff revisions that would be developed during the requested abeyance period.12 Consistent…Read this passage Filed comments: Filing procedure
A. Transmission Service to Eligible Customers on Behalf of Large Loads
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High Impact Large Loads must register as such in accordance with Attachment AE of the Tariff and follow the processes specified in Attachment BA of the Tariff.”. 16 Tariff, Attachment BA. 17 Tariff, Attachment BA, Section 2.1.3.4.Read this passage Filed comments: Filing procedure
B. Cost Shifting Risk Among Transmission Customers
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Cost Shifting Risk Among Transmission Customers The Commission preliminarily found that the Tariff is unjust and unreasonable because it does not require the public posting, of information regarding transmission 19 Show Cause Order at P 46. 20 Id. 21 Tariff, Attachment F. 22 Tariff, Attachment A.…Read this passage
C. Co-Location Arrangements and Load with Behind-The-Meter
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Co-Location Arrangements and Load with Behind-The-Meter Generation The Commission preliminarily found that the Tariff should provide greater clarity regarding the treatment of co-located29 resources and behind-the-meter generation, including the circumstances under which such resources are subject…Read this passage
D. Extending New Transmission Services to Eligible Customers Taking
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Correspondingly, PALS would establish a new transmission service under which participating loads would receive transmission service subject to usage-based pricing, mandatory dispatchability requirements, and Curtailment during transmission constraints, Emergency Conditions, or local reliability…Read this passage
V. OVERALL SCHEDULE AND ANTICIPATED SECTION 205 FILING
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A ninety-five (95) day abeyance is necessary because the Board must provide final authorization for the Section 205 filing described herein and is not scheduled to meet until November 17, 2026.37 Following Board authorization, SPP requires a brief period to finalize and submit the resulting Section…Read this passage Filed comments: Filing procedure
VI. REQUEST
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The Show Cause Order requires abeyance requests to be filed by August 3, 2026, and expressly contemplates that the Commission will issue an order on any such request prior to the response deadline of August 17, 2026 (14 days after the abeyance request deadline). 19 administrative efficiency and…Read this passage Filed comments: Filing procedure
VII. CONCLUSION
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CONCLUSION
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CONCLUSION For the reasons stated herein, Joint Movants respectfully request the Commission: (1) Grant this Motion and hold the above-captioned proceeding in abeyance for ninety-five (95) days, up to and including November 20, 2026, to permit SPP to complete its stakeholder process and submit a…Read this passage Filed comments: Filing procedure
C. Patrick Woods
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Patrick Woods President ITC Great Plains, LLC 3500 SW Fairlawn Rd., Ste. 101 Topeka, KS 66614 On Behalf of ITC Great Plains, LLC /s/ Denise Buffington Denise Buffington Senior Director Federal Regulatory Affairs EVERGY, INC. 1200 Main St.Read this passage
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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Dated at Little Rock, Arkansas, this 3rd day of August, 2026. /s/ Cassie Butler Cassie Butler Southwest Power Pool, Inc. 201 Worthen Drive Little Rock, AR 72223-4936 (501) 614-3200Read this passage