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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. Read more About SPP, What We Do or SPP Fast Facts.
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{2/26/2010}
SPP today announced it will build a new corporate headquarters in Little Rock. According to SPP President and CEO Nick Brown, "Building a campus for all employees will bring efficiencies, allowing us to focus on helping our members keep the lights on, plan for needed high-voltage transmission facilities, and develop new energy markets that will benefit our region." SPP's new facility will contain a 150,000 square foot office building and a 33,000 square foot operations/data center. The building will be LEED certified, and SPP will preserve green spaces and many of the site's natural characteristics. Read the full release.
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{2/1/2010}
The SPP Board of Directors elected Barbara Sugg as Vice President of Information Technology. This is a new position, created due to the increasingly critical role IT plays in advancing SPP's mission and objectives. As Vice President of IT, Sugg will direct the development, architecture, implementation, monitoring, support, security, and telecommunications services provided by SPP to its members and customers. She is responsible for establishing IT strategy and policies and developing the IT leadership team; the department has over 100 employees. Read the full release.
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{1/19/2010}
The recently released SPP WITF Wind Integration Study, conducted by Charles River Associates, found that enhanced electricity reserves and major transmission reinforcements are needed to integrate higher levels of wind generation into the SPP transmission system and energy markets. If the needed transmission upgrades were completed, there would be no significant technical barriers or reliability impacts to integrating wind energy levels up to 20%. Currently, approximately 4% of the region's electricity is generated by wind. To accommodate increased west-to-east flows while meeting SPP's electric reliability standards: For the 10% case, new transmission lines totaling 1,260 miles of 345 kV and 40 miles of 230 kV lines are needed. For the 20% case, an additional 485 miles of 765 kV, 766 miles of 345 kV, 205 miles of 230 kV, and 25 miles of 115 kV lines are needed. Read the full news release or download the study.
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{12/17/2009}
SPP Regional State Committee member and Arkansas Public Service Commission (APSC) Chairman Paul Suskie has been elected President of the new Entergy Regional State Committee (E-RSC), designed to provide collective retail regulatory agency input on the operations of and upgrades to the Entergy Transmission System as well as operations and functions of the SPP Independent Coordinator of Transmission in the Entergy region. Members of the E-RSC are the APSC, Louisiana Public Service Commission, Mississippi Public Service Commission, Public Utility Commission of Texas, and the city of New Orleans' City Council. Read the APSC news release or access SPP's E-RSC page.
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{11/5/2009}
The SPP Transmission Atlas contains over 60 detailed maps that include transmission and generation assets, interstate highways, waterways, major urban areas, and more. The atlas includes an index with page numbers for each station and urban area in the SPP and Entergy footprints. Please visit our Request an SPP Map/Model page for detailed information about requesting your copy.
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