Southwest Power Pool Set for Faster Power Expansions

December 9, 2025--Written by Will Ploch, Assistant Editor-in-Chief for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--The U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) is allowing power plant owners in the Southwest Power Pool (SPP) to expand power-generation facilities by up to 20% under a temporary priority review process, in an effort to speed up the process amid a rising demand for electricity.Industrial Info is tracking more than $26 billion worth of active and proposed capacity-expansio