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Southwest Power Pool
SPP is a Regional Transmission Organization, mandated by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to ensure reliable supplies of power, adequate transmission infrastructure, and competitive wholesale prices of electricity. As a North American Electric Reliability Corporation Regional Entity, SPP oversees enforcement and development of reliability standards. SPP has members in nine states. Learn more About SPP or visit our Newsroom.
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{1/10/2012}
SPP will increase its Little Rock-area based workforce by 50 positions in 2012, at an average salary of $83,500. The new employees will join the more than 500 who work for SPP today, and will eventually be based in the company's new $62 million facility in West Little Rock. Read the full release.
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{1/5/2012}
This monthly e-newsletter summarizes SPP's organizational group activities. Read the January edition or subscribe to the publication (select Organizational Group E-Newsletter).
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{11/2/2011}
SPP will host two webinars Friday, November 4, to review with Members compliance plans for the EPA's Cross-State Air Pollution Rules (CSAPR), from both resource adequacy and reliability perspectives. SPP has submitted to the EPA letters regarding CSAPR and a recommendation from the ISO/RTO Council for a temporary waiver mechanism that protects reliable availability of electricity. Read the webinar presentation, the letters to the EPA related to CSAPR and water intake, and the ISO/RTO recommendation.
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{9/19/2011}
In its post-hearing filing, made today at the Arkansas Public Service Commission, Southwest Power Pool emphasized the benefits to all Arkansas electricity customers of Entergy joining its regional transmission organization. The Commission is currently considering whether Entergy Arkansas should join Little Rock-based SPP; Midwest ISO, a Carmel, Indiana-based organization; or operate as a stand-alone entity.
SPP asked the Commission to find that SPP membership for EAI is in the public interest and the only prudent decision, based on the Commission's defined role in regional transmission organization governance; projected cost savings for EAI and Arkansas customers; timing and certainty of full integration of EAI; and SPP's extensive hands-on experience with EAI. This decision impacts not only EAI customers, but all Arkansas ratepayers. Read more in the full release.
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{8/10/2011}
After discussions lasting sixteen months, OPPD and SPP today announced that OPPD would continue its status as a transmission-owning member of SPP. The decision keeps OPPD in the same status in which it joined the Regional Transmission Organization on April 1, 2009. "We believe that being a transmission owning member of SPP will provide our customer owners with many benefits," said OPPD President and CEO W. Gary Gates. "Having a stronger transmission system will increase reliability and will provide a broader access to energy markets."
According to SPP President and CEO Nick Brown, "We are pleased that OPPD continues to see the value of SPP membership and the SPP stakeholder process, and we will certainly do our part to live up to OPPD's expectations. Our regional electric grid will benefit from OPPD's continued participation in our wholesale energy and transmission service markets, transmission planning processes, and energy reserve sharing group." Read the full release.
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