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Last Fiscal Year Sales:$29.3M
- Private
- US
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In North America, Southwest Power Pool is one of nine Independent System Operators/Regional Transmission Organizations (ISOs/RTOs) and one of eight NERC Regional Entities. SPP is mandated by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to ensure reliable supplies of power, adequate transmission infrastructure, and competitive wholesale prices of electricity. ISOs/RTOs are the "air traffic controllers" of the electric power grid. ISOs/RTOs do not own the power grid. They independently operate the grid minute-by-minute to ensure that power gets to customers and to eliminate power shortages. Read more About SPP. SPP provides the following primary services to our members and customers: Tariff Administration: In 1998, FERC approved SPP to independently administer the Open Access Transmission Tariff. We provide one-stop shopping for regional transmission service with consistent rates and terms. Eligible users can access SPP's transmission system to transport electricity to wholesale customers. SPP ensures fair and open access to the transmission system for all customers. SPP processes an average of 17,000 transmission requests per month. Reliability Coordination: SPP monitors power flow throughout our footprint. We anticipate problems and take preemptive action to mitigate operating limit violations. SPP coordinates regional response in emergency situations or blackouts. Regional Scheduling: SPP ensures that the amount of power sent is coordinated and matched with power received. ...
Number of Employees 450
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NAICS Code Other Management Consulting Services: 541618
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Southwest Power Pool views national markets
- 2009-05-04
Last week when the Southwest Power Pool approved a group of seven new high-voltage transmission projects, the group of 54 members used a new balanced portfolio approach for the first time to allocate projected costs of more than $700 million. Under the balanced portfolio approach,...
Southwest Power Pool OKs transmission plans
- 2009-05-04
Southwest Power Pool Inc.'s directors have approved more than $700 million worth of extra high voltage economic transmission expansion upgrade projects. The Little Rock operator said the projects would be funded by the application of Federal Energy Regulatory Commission-approved "postage stamp" rates to SPP's transmission-owning members across...
Fitch Affirms Southwest Power Pool's Ratings; Outlook Stable
- 2008-11-25
NEW YORK -- Fitch Ratings has affirmed the existing debt ratings of the Southwest Power Pool SPP as follows: -- Issuer Default Rating IDR at 'A'; -- Senior secured debt at 'A+'; -- Senior unsecured debt at 'A'; -- Short-term IDR at 'F1'. Approximately $49...
CRA International Consultants Study High Voltage Transmission in the Southwest Power Pool
- 2008-11-17
BOSTON -- CRA International, Inc. (Nasdaq: CRAI), a worldwide leader in providing management, economic, and financial consulting services, today announced its role in preparing a study about the economic benefits if approximately 1,200 miles of extra-high voltage transmission are built in the Southwest Power Pool. The Southwest Power Pool SPP...
Southwest Power Pool transmission plan caught in Catch-22
- 2007-09-17
Planning for the future of electricity generation in Oklahoma is kind of like debating over which came first: the chicken or the egg. No one wants to build power plants in remote areas where there are few customers and no transmission infrastructure to get that power onto the...
Fitch Assigns Southwest Power Pool, Inc. IDR of 'A'; Outlook Stable
- 2007-08-28
NEW YORK -- Fitch has assigned an Issuer Default Rating IDR for the Southwest Power Pool, Inc. SPP of 'A'. A full list of ratings can be found below. The Rating Outlook is Stable. The ratings for SPP reflect the company's regulated tariffs and contracts with member companies that...
Structure nMarket(R) Ready for Southwest Power Pool Testing
- 2006-08-02
The Structure Group has announced that its Structure nMarket® software clients are prepared to participate in the Southwest Power Pool SPP Open Testing that began July 31, as well as Parallel Operations III POPS III starting August 7. "Structure nMarket has been ready to support every phase of SPP...
Structure nMarket® Ready for Southwest Power Pool Testing; Despite concerns that some market participants and their software vendors may not be ready, Structure nMarket software suite is ready for SPP Open Testing and Parallel Operations III
- 2006-08-02
HOUSTON -- The Structure Group has announced that its Structure nMarketR software clients are prepared to participate in the Southwest Power Pool SPP Open Testing that began July 31, as well as Parallel Operations III POPS III starting August 7. "Structure nMarket has been ready to support every phase...
Southwest Power Pool Inc. of Little Rock has joined the Information Technology Research Center in the Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas
- 2004-12-13
Southwest Power Pool Inc. of Little Rock has joined the Information Technology Research Center in the Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. Kevin Perry, SPP's IT director, will be its representative on the research center's board of advisers.
Southwest Power Pool seeks to speed up service studies in eight
- 2004-11-08
Southwest Power Pool Inc., which manages power distribution in all or parts of eight Southwestern states including Oklahoma, wants to speed up the way transmission service studies are conducted in the region. SPP has asked the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for permission to change its Open Access...
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