GRDA Statement on Southwest Power Pool (SPP) return to Energy Emergency Alert (EEA) Level 2 Declaration
At approximately 11:30AM this morning, the Southwest Power Pool (SPP) declared a return to an Energy Emergency Alert (EEA) Level 2. At this time, we do not have any interruptions of service on the GRDA system and we do not anticipate we will see additional interruptions of service during the day. However, the possibility of […]
GRDA Statement on Southwest Power Pool (SPP) Energy Emergency Alert (EEA) Level 3 Declaration
This morning the Grand River Dam Authority received notification that the Southwest Power Pool (SPP), the electric balancing market for a 17-state region, was declaring an Energy Emergency Alert (EEA) Level 3. Under the EEA Level 3 declaration, SPP must utilize operating reserves below the required minimum or ask its member utilities to implement controlled […]
GRDA Statement on SPP return to EEA2 Declaration
On Monday afternoon, February 15, at 2PM, the Southwest Power Pool (SPP) declared a return to an Energy Emergency Alert (EEA) Level 2. While it is important to note that an EEA Level 3, which includes the possibility of scheduled interruptions of service, is currently not in effect, nor is it necessarily being predicted by […]
GRDA Statement on Imminent Coordinated Interruption of Service Directive
The Grand River Dam Authority just received notification that the Southwest Power Pool (SPP), the electric balancing market for a 17-state region, would be ordering members to implement coordinated interruptions to service. This follows on the heels of SPP’s earlier EEA Level 3 declaration. Alert Level 3 is the highest alert level that SPP uses in a situation of energy shortage. GRDA […]
GRDA Statement on Energy Emergency Alert (EEA) Level 3 Declaration
This morning the Grand River Dam Authority received notification that the Southwest Power Pool (SPP), the electric balancing market for a 17-state region, would be declaring an Energy Emergency Alert Level 3, effective immediately. Under the EEA Level 3 declaration, SPP must utilize operating reserves below the required minimum or ask its member utilities to implement controlled service interruptions. Alert Level […]
GRDA Statement on Southwest Power Pool Energy Emergency Alert (EEA) Level 2 Declaration
This morning the Grand River Dam Authority received notification that the Southwest Power Pool (SPP), the electric balancing market for a 17-state region, would be declaring and Energy Emergency Alert (EEA) Level 2, effective at 7:22 a.m. central time today, February 15th. An EEA Level 2 requires SPP to direct its member companies to issue […]
GRDA Statement on SPP Energy Emergency Alert (EEA) Level 1 Declaration
The Grand River Dam Authority received notification from the Southwest Power Pool (SPP), the Regional Transmission Operator, and host of the integrated energy market for a 17-state region, that SPP would be declaring an Energy Emergency Alert (EEA) Level 1, effective 5AM Monday, February 15. According to SPP, due to the effects of widespread and […]
Statement from GRDA President/CEO Dan Sullivan
No announcements or emergency declarations have been made that would require any reduction of electricity delivery to any GRDA customer at this time. GRDA is always mindful of maintaining grid stability and reliability. Out of an abundance of caution, GRDA reached out to its industrial and municipal customers in an effort to highlight the difficulties […]
GRDA recognized for financial reporting excellence
For the 20th straight year, the Grand River Dam Authority is being recognized for excellence in financial reporting. In early February, GRDA learned that it would once again receive the “Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting” from the GFOA. GRDA is receiving the certificate for its 2019 comprehensive annual financial report (CAFR). According […]
Did you know…
Power for Progress… a weekly column from the Grand River Dam Authority. Did you know the Grand River Dam Authority is second only to the Oklahoma Water Resources Board (OWRB) in jurisdiction over state water resources? It’s true, at no cost to Oklahoma tax payers, GRDA lakes also provide storage and water supply for 50 […]