by - March 25, 2025 6:45 pm
In testimony before Congress on Tuesday (March 25), Southwest Power Pool COO Lanny Nickell said his regional transmission organization’s planners predict electricity needs in its footprint may grow by 50%…
by - December 17, 2024 12:57 pm
Lanny Nickell has been named as the president and CEO of Southwest Power Pool (SPP), the regional electricity transmission coordinator. Nickell is SPP’s executive vice president and chief operating officer….
by - October 29, 2024 6:39 pm
Little Rock-based regional transmission organization Southwest Power Pool has approved a $7.7 billion plan to expand and upgrade the region’s transmission capacity, according to a Tuesday (Oct. 29) news release….
by - September 30, 2024 2:26 pm
Little Rock-based regional transmission organization Southwest Power Pool (SPP) has promoted multiple director-level and executive-level staff in legal and engineering and announced that a c-suite executive plans to retire in…
by - August 8, 2024 4:18 pm
Southwest Power Pool President and CEO Barbara Sugg will retire in April 2025, the Little Rock-based energy transmission management organization announced Thursday (Aug. 8). Search firm Heidrick & Struggles has…
by - February 6, 2024 11:26 am
Little Rock-based regional transmission organization Southwest Power Pool announced Tuesday (Feb. 6) that Susan Certoma has stepped down as chair of the SPP board of directors. John Cupparo will become…
by - January 4, 2024 8:18 am
Little Rock-based regional transmission organization Southwest Power Pool has hired Felek Abbas as vice president and chief security officer, according to a Wednesday (Jan. 3) news release. Abbas started in…
by - April 28, 2023 10:44 am
Regional transmission organizations operating in Arkansas recently released reports showing they provided nearly $8 billion in combined net benefits for their members in 2022. According to their respective annual studies,…
by - February 27, 2023 11:46 am
Little Rock-based regional transmission organization Southwest Power Pool (SPP) has named Deborah Sterzing as chief financial officer after Tom Dunn retired in December. Dunn retired on Dec. 1 after serving…
by - December 26, 2022 8:47 am
Little Rock-based regional transmission organization Southwest Power Pool (SPP) has announced changes to its senior leadership team. Effective Jan. 1, Antoine Lucas, vice president of engineering, will start in a…
by - October 25, 2022 11:19 am
Little Rock-based regional transmission organization Southwest Power Pool (SPP) has elected two directors and selected a new chair and vice chair to its independent board of directors, according to a…
by - February 1, 2021 1:21 pm
Little Rock-based regional transmission organization Southwest Power Pool (SPP) announced Monday (Feb. 1) it launched its Western Energy Imbalance Service (WEIS) market at midnight as the participants consider full organization…
by - January 13, 2021 10:16 am
Little Rock-based regional transmission organization Southwest Power Pool Inc. (SPP) is accepting applications to create a pool of industry experts. These experts might be selected to serve on an independent…
by - November 12, 2020 2:37 pm
Southwest Power Pool, the regional transmission operator located in Little Rock said Thursday (Nov. 12) it is considering a western state expansion. SPP said it has received letters from several…
by - August 10, 2020 4:09 pm
Northwest Power Pool of Portland, Ore., has hired Little Rock-based regional transmission organization Southwest Power Pool Inc. (SPP) to act as the program developer in its effort to develop a resource adequacy program…
by - June 11, 2020 3:38 pm
Little Rock-based regional transmission organization Southwest Power Pool has postponed the return of its employees to the office until Sept. 8 as a safety precaution amid the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic,…
by - January 28, 2020 12:28 pm
Little Rock-based regional transmission organization Southwest Power Pool selected Lanny Nickell as its executive vice president and chief operating officer and elected Bronwen Bastone of New York City to the…
by - January 15, 2020 3:19 pm
Little Rock-based regional transmission organization Southwest Power Pool announced Wednesday (Jan. 15) that Barbara Sugg will be its next president and CEO. Sugg, senior vice president of information technology and…
by - July 30, 2019 8:45 am
Nick Brown, the longtime leader of Southwest Power Pool, announced he will retire in April 2020, according to a company statement. Brown made the announcement at a Monday, July 29…
by - October 30, 2018 8:50 pm
Southwest Power Pool (SPP) elected Darcy Ortiz of Phoenix, Arizona, and Susan Certoma of New York City to the company’s board of directors at its recent quarterly meeting. They will…
