SPP grid conditions
SPP demand 57.4 GW · 5:50 PM CT
Demand, generation by fuel, and the two hub prices, live from SPP's own feeds. No call publishes here.
Demand
57.4 GW
5:50 PM CT
Today's peak so far
57.5 GW
at 5:15 PM CT
Vs yesterday
+4.2%
same time yesterday
Net reserves
2.2 GW
capacity minus demand
Zone price average
$282
North Hub highest at $338
Wind and solar
19%
10.8 GW of 58.2 GW generating
Generation by fuel
Storage plots below zero while it charges.
Live hub prices
5:55 PM CT interval- North Hub$337.98
- South Hub$226.70
avg $282.34 across 2 hubs
What is SPP, and what does this page show?
Southwest Power Pool runs the grid and wholesale market for 14 states across the wind belt, the Dakotas down to Oklahoma. This page reads its condition live: system demand, today's peak so far, generation by fuel, and real-time prices at the two quoted hubs.
How fresh is this data?
Demand, hub prices, and the fuel mix all post on SPP's five-minute cadence, from its public portal files. /status shows every feed's age.
Why does wind dominate the mix here?
SPP sits on the best wind resource in the country and regularly serves more than half its load from wind, sometimes past seventy percent. When the wind dies on a hot afternoon, gas fills the gap and prices move. The stack shows that trade live.
Does WattMarkets forecast SPP peaks?
No. SPP is a grid we track: load, prices, DART, and the fuel mix, with no call and no record. The forecast markets are ERCOT, PJM, NYISO, and ISO-NE.