The below information is posted at the request of ACES on behalf of Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation (AECC).
AECC is pleased to announce the release of their 2021 Request for Proposal for SPP Firm Capacity Products. The RFP Administrator is Alliance for Cooperative Energy Services Power Marketing LLC (ACES).
AECC is the wholesale power supplier for 17 electric distribution cooperative members (Members) throughout Arkansas. AECC’s jurisdictional loads interconnect with transmission systems under the functional control of either the Southwest Power Pool (SPP) Regional Transmission Organization (RTO) or the Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) RTO. AECC’s Member loads within the SPP footprint are connected to, and dependent on, transmission systems owned by Oklahoma Gas & Electric, Southwestern Electric Power Company, and the Southwestern Power Administration. AECC is a Load Responsible Entity (LRE) and market participant within SPP.
Through this RFP, AECC is seeking at least 170 MW of firm capacity products within the SPP footprint, in aggregate from one or more proposed options, beginning June 1, 2025.
All documents and communications related to the AECC 2021 RFP are located on the RFP website: