Kansas Electric Power Cooperative Seeks to Intervene in SPP Tariff Filing

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Oct 28, 2025 — 1 min read

Kansas Electric Power Cooperative, Inc. (KEPCo) has submitted a motion to intervene in the Southwest Power Pool, Inc. (SPP) tariff filing, citing a direct and substantial interest in the proceeding. KEPCo is a not-for-profit generation and transmission cooperative serving over 200,000 rural electric customers in eastern Kansas, and relies on open access transmission service over the transmission systems under SPP's control to deliver power to its members.

KEPCo has 17 rural electric cooperative member systems, which together serve more than 75,000 retail meters. The cooperative's interest in the proceeding cannot be represented by any other party, and it seeks to ensure that its members' interests are properly considered in the SPP tariff filing. The SPP submitted a revision to Attachment V of the SPP Open Access Transmission Tariff on October 15, 2025, which modifies language related to assignment of queue position of Priority Requests and Definitive Interconnection System Impact Study (DISIS) requests.

Key Takeaways:

KEPCo is a not-for-profit generation and transmission cooperative serving over 200,000 rural electric customers in eastern Kansas.
KEPCo relies on open access transmission service over the transmission systems under SPP's control to deliver power to its members.
KEPCo has 17 rural electric cooperative member systems, which together serve more than 75,000 retail meters.
KEPCo's interest in the proceeding cannot be represented by any other party.
The SPP submitted a revision to Attachment V of the SPP Open Access Transmission Tariff on October 15, 2025, modifying language related to assignment of queue position of Priority Requests and DISIS requests.
KEPCo seeks to ensure that its members' interests are properly considered in the SPP tariff filing.

Sources:

Submission to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission: Motion to Intervene of Kansas Electric Power Cooperative, Inc. under ER26-156-000, October 28, 2025.
SPP tariff filing, October 15, 2025, ER25-3570-0002.

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