Southwest Power Pool — press releases (spp)
| kind / priority | utility / 2 |
| config | config/connectors/spp.yaml |
| parser | news_press_release_v1 (apps/worker/src/connectors/news/press-release-parser.ts) — records identical to news_article_v1, see docs/PROJECT-EXTRACTION.md |
| schedule | daily (seed index + releases) |
| license / attribution | Corporate press releases (Southwest Power Pool, Inc.); facts and links only — "Southwest Power Pool (spp.org)" |
| stored per item | text kept (keepText: true) |
What it is
Press releases of the grid operator for 14 central US states (Arkansas to the Dakotas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Texas panhandle). Seed /newsroom/press-releases/ lists every release (74) as /news-list/<slug>/. Relevant items: FERC approval of the High Impact Large Load (HILL) connection process (2026-01-15), the board's accelerated pathway for large-load connection, the connection-study approval, load-shed event report, transmission-planning approvals.
Quirks
robots.txtis 404 → everything allowed (standard). No RSS.- Article pages have no date or description metadata; the date is a dateline in the text ("January 15, 2026"), and a large mega-menu precedes the headline —
news_press_release_v1starts the kept text and the lead summary at the headline. - Staff-appointment and seasonal-outlook releases that mention data centers or large loads in passing become weak events only; no project records are expected from a grid operator.
Verification
Verified live on 2026-09-12 with scripts/try-connector.ts (dry run, nothing persisted): 75 URLs discovered (1 seed + 74 releases), 5 fetched at L1 (0 credits): index (0 records) + 4 news_events (connection study, two appointments, summer forecast), 0 errors. --url on FERC approves SPP's large load connection proposal → 1 news_event dated 2026-01-15, 0 errors.