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LITTLE ROCK, Ark., June 05, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Southwest Power Pool (SPP) looks to bring its experience as a time-tested grid operator to the Western Interconnection with plans to offer...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark., June 04, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Southwest Power Pool, Inc. (SPP) is accepting applications to create a pool of industry experts. These experts may be chosen to serve on an...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark., May 11, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Southwest Power Pool (SPP) Marketing Monitoring Unit (MMU) has released its 2017 Annual State of the Market Report. The report presents an...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark., March 13, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- On March 13, Southwest Power Pool’s (SPP) board of directors approved the next phase of the continuing effort to integrate the Mountain West...

LITTLE ROCK, AR--(Marketwired - July 25, 2017) - Southwest Power Pool, Inc. (SPP) and the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) have mutually agreed to terminate the Amended and...

LITTLE ROCK, AR--(Marketwired - July 12, 2017) - Southwest Power Pool, Inc. (SPP) is accepting applications to create a pool of industry experts. These experts may be chosen to serve on an independent...

LITTLE ROCK, AR--(Marketwired - May 02, 2017) - The five independent directors comprising Southwest Power Pool's (SPP) Oversight Committee voted April 13, 2017, to name Keith Collins the new executive...

WASHINGTON, DC--(Marketwired - March 16, 2017) - A report from an affiliation of independent electric grid operators concludes that the future of the North American power grid depends on effectively...

LITTLE ROCK, AR--(Marketwired - February 13, 2017) - Southwest Power Pool set a wind-penetration record of 52.1 percent at 4:30 a.m., Feb. 12, becoming the first regional transmission organization...

LITTLE ROCK, AR--(Marketwired - February 01, 2017) - At today's House Subcommittee on Energy hearing titled "The Electricity Sector's Efforts to Respond to Cybersecurity Threats," Southwest Power Pool...