SPP is issuing a Conservative Operations Advisory for the West Balancing Authority (BA) area, effective Monday, July 20, at 11:00 a.m. CT until an anticipated end time of Tuesday, July 21, at 12:00 a.m. CT. Conservative Operations Advisories are considered stable operating conditions and do not require the public to conserve energy or take any action, but are issued to raise awareness of potential threats to reliability among entities responsible for operating transmission and generation facilities.
SPP’s East BA area is under a Resource Advisory (normal operating conditions) through an anticipated end time of Tuesday, July 21, at 12:00 a.m. CT. Find a map of SPP’s East and West BA areas here. • This Conservative Operations Advisory in SPP’s West BA area has been declared due to the potential of high peak loads, potential low output from wind and other variable energy resources (*also known as low VER forecast) leading into peak hours, and possible increase in resource outages. • Individuals should contact their local utility for details specific to their area. • SPP generation and transmission operators have been provided instructions on applicable procedures, including reporting any limitations, fuel shortages or concerns. • To mitigate risks to reliability associated with these factors, SPP may use greater unit commitment notification timeframes, including making commitments before standard day-ahead market procedures and/or committing resources in reliability status. • SPP will send additional information if necessary.