• WSPP Adds Spearmint Renewable Development Company, LLC as New Associate Member:

Effective April 19, 2024 Spearmint Renewable Development Company, LLC (SRDC) has joined WSPP as an Associate Member.  Headquartered in Miami, Florida, SRDC's core focus is to build and toll batteries and renewable energy assets to reduce carbon emissions.

• Electrical District No. 3 of Pinal County, Arizona Joins WSPP:

Effective March 21, 2024 Electrical District No. 3 of Pinal County, Arizona (ED3) became a new WSPP Member.   ED3 was formed in 1926 and is a political subdivision of the State of Arizona.  ED3 is a not-for-profit, public power distribution utility and is typically a purchaser of wholesale power.  ED3 is also a member of the Southwest Public Power Agency (SPPA) and participates in certain SPPA sales and purchases through that entity. 

• Nova Clean Energy Signs Up As New Associate Member:

Nova Clean Energy LLC (NCE), headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, has completed the process to become a WSPP Associate Member, effective March 14, 2024.  The U.S. development platform of Bluestar Energy Capital, NEC is a renewable energy company focused on developing and constructing large-scale wind, solar, and storage projects across the United States.  NEC is primarily involved in pursuing a greenfield project development strategy in addition to opportunistic M&A across wind, solar and storage with a strong presence in the MISO, ERCOT, and WECC regions.

• Bilton Wong Power, Inc. is added to the WSPP Associate Member roster:

Effective March 4, 2024 Bilton Wong Power, Inc. (BWP) became a new WSPP Associate Member company.  BWP  is a financial energy trading company based in Calgary Canada.  Trading solely in financial power and Exchange or ISO cleared products, BWP operates in MidC, AESO, SPP, CAISO and NYISO.

• WSPP Welcomes New Member, The Regents of the University of California:

Effective March 1, 2024, The Regents of the University of California (UC) became a regular WSPP Member, qualifying under the Retail Entity category.  UC is a registered Electric Service Provider and through its Clean Power Program, which is managed within the Energy & Sustainability Department of UC's Office of the President, serves over 700 affiliated electric service accounts at eight campuses and four health center locations spread across all three major IOU service territories in California.  UC plans to build important trading relationships with WSPP Members to increase its transactional flexibility and efficiency. 

• Sunrise Power Company, LLC becomes WSPP Member:

Sunrise Power Company, LLC (Sunrise) has been added to the WSPP Member roster, effective February 23, 2024.  A subsidiary of Milepost Power Holdings, Sunrise sells the output of its 586MW natural gas-fired plant located in Fellows, California into the Western Interconnection. 

• WSPP Approves Membership for Gunvor USA LLC:

Effective February 22, 2024 Gunvor USA LLC (Gunvor) has become a WSPP Member company.  Gunvor is a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of Gunvor Group Ltd, one of the worlds largest independent commodities trading houses by turnover.  Gunvor Group's main trading offices are in Geneva, Singapore, Houston, Calgary and London.  They are actively building out their power trading capabilities in North America. 

• Maxar Technologies, Inc. joins WSPP as an Associate Member:

On February 12, 2024 Maxar Technologies, Inc. (Maxar) became a WSPP Associate Member.  Maxar is an Earth intelligence company that provides high resolution imagery for both the commercial and government sectors.  The WeatherDesk team at Maxar provides products to commodity traders and analysts as well as utilities and RTOs/ISOs.  Day ahead and real-time power traders also utilize Maxar weather data for various job related decision making.

• Gonzaga Ridge Wind Farm, LLC signs on to become a WSPP Member:

Effective February 9, 2024 Gonzaga Ridge Wind Farm, LLC (Gonzaga) met the qualifications to become a WSPP Member company.  Gonzaga is a 147 MW wind and a 50 MW-4 hour battery storage project interconnected to the CAISO grid and located in Merced County, California.   Gonzaga is interested in using the WSPP Agreement to sell Energy and Resource Adequacy.