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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Arkansas Newsletter for Sunday April 07, 2024 ( 3 items )  

Southwest Power Pool Completes and Files Markets+ Tariff With Collaboration and Support From Western Stakeholders
LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, April 2 -- Southwest Power Pool, a corporation mandated by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to ensure supplies of power, transmission infrastructure and wholesale electricity prices, issued the following news release: Southwest Power Pool (SPP) reached a significant milestone in the development of its western day-ahead electricity market on Friday, March 29 when it filed its Markets+ tariff with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). The achievement unde  more

SPP Prepared for April 8 Eclipse, Expects No Significant Impacts to Grid Reliability
LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, April 5 -- Southwest Power Pool, a corporation mandated by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to ensure supplies of power, transmission infrastructure and wholesale electricity prices, issued the following news release: Southwest Power Pool (SPP) is prepared for the effects of the April 8, 2024, eclipse. The majority of SPP's service territory will experience 50-75% eclipse coverage with a portion of the region and its operating center directly in the eclipse's path  more

Walton Family Foundation Adds 14 Top Planning Firms, Appoints Julie Bargmann to Northwest Arkansas Design Excellence Program
BENTONVILLE, Arkansas, April 2 -- The Walton Family Foundation issued the following news release: The Walton Family Foundation (WFF) announced 14 planning firms have joined its Northwest Arkansas Design Excellence Program, bringing the roster of firms to nearly 80 architecture, landscape architecture, urban design and planning firms. The foundation also announced that renowned landscape architect Julie Bargmann would join the Design Excellence Selection Committee. Established in 2015, the Nort  more