Across
- 1. Company that ceased operations in 2019, allowing SPP to offer RC services in the West
- 3. Chief ___ Brake
- 4. Name of the lake whose long-term drought is causing output issues at Glen Canyon
- 9. Most generation in the West is from this resource type
- 12. Energy from this resource type is shipped west from 500kv lines in Montana and Wyoming
- 14. Part of the name of SPP's 2027 Western markets offering
- 16. One issue in the west; process of a region becoming increasingly dry
- 17. One of the three DC ties impacted by SPP's RTO Western Expansion
- 20. California makes up 1/___ of WECC's summer peak load.
- 23. SPP became this in 2004
- 25. New RTO member based out of Lincoln, Nebraska
- 26. New RTO member that operates in 3 RC and 7 BA areas
- 30. Number of HVDC lines in the West
- 31. New RTO member known for its use of Recovered Energy
- 32. Sole remaining nuclear facility in the California
Down
- 1. What river is the P in PRPA?
- 2. Part of the acronym RAS
- 5. SPP's 7 products are collectively categorized as this
- 6. Important resource type in the West that is powered by snowmelt
- 7. Abbreviated name of one of SPP's three markets
- 8. New RTO member whose customer base includes the U.S. Air Force Academy
- 10. One of the 4 RCs in the West
- 11. Name of WPP's resource adequacy program that SPP was chosen to serve as Program Operator.
- 13. Animal associated with solar power in California because of load curve
- 15. Resource type that has had the largest increase in the past 5 years in the West.
- 18. How long are WAPA's cost-based, long-term contracts?
- 19. Deseret's 500 MW coal power plant
- 21. Key benefit of hydro in the West
- 22. Shape/food associated with flow in the West
- 24. Name of SPP's real-time market currently in the West
- 27. Characteristic of HV lines in the West
- 28. One of WECC's 4 identified reliability risks in the West
- 29. Largest generation area in the West