SPP energy emergencies this year
How many days SPP has been under a capacity alert, warning or emergency this year, which days they were, how far up the ladder each went, and what is in effect now.
SPP energy emergencies this year
How many days SPP has been under a capacity alert, warning or emergency this year, which days they were, how far up the ladder each went, and what is in effect now.
SPP capacity emergency days since Aug 16
In effect now
Normal
No capacity declaration across the footprint
EEA days since Aug 16
1
NERC Energy Emergency Alert, any level
Warning or emergency days since Aug 16
1
5 days with any capacity alert · 0 covered all of SPP
Ask the Grid's record of SPP's postings begins Aug 16, 2026; earlier days this year are not counted.
Days with a capacity declaration since Aug 16
- Thu, Aug 20Alert
- Fri, Aug 21Alert
- Sat, Aug 22Alert
- Wed, Sep 16EEA 1
- Tue, Oct 6Alert
Days since Aug 16, by level
| Alert or higher | 5 |
| Warning or higher | 1 |
| Emergency action or higher |
What this shows
SPP's ladder
SPP issues Resource and Weather Advisories ahead of tight conditions, then Conservative Operations, then Energy Emergency Alert levels 1 to 3. SPP declares these for its East or West balancing area as well as for the whole footprint.
How the days are counted
A day counts when a capacity declaration at alert or above covers any part of it, in the market's own time zone, whether it covered the whole footprint or one region. Each day takes the highest step and NERC EEA level declared that day, and overlapping or renewed postings count once. Drills are never counted.
One ladder across markets
Every operator names its steps differently. Ask the Grid places each on one ladder, advisory, alert, warning, emergency action and load shed, with the NERC EEA level the operator states or its procedure defines, so a day here means the same thing in every market.
What people ask
Has SPP declared an Energy Emergency Alert this year?
The EEA counts at the top of this page say, with each day it was declared. They come from SPP's own postings and update within minutes of a new one.
What is the difference between an alert, a warning and an emergency?
An alert says supply may be tight ahead of time. A warning says reserves are short or about to be. An emergency action means the operator is already using emergency resources, and load shed means it is cutting load to protect the grid.
Why count a declaration that covered only part of the market?
A balancing area or region under an EEA is the market under an emergency there. The page shows how many days covered the whole footprint separately, and marks each declaration with where it applied.
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