by George Waldon 9/23/2013 12:00 am
Little Rock's Plaza West office building experienced the upside of a small tenant growing into a very large one during its 40-year history. The 12-story project at 415 N. McKinley St. also endured the downside of that transformation when the anchor tenant, Southwest Power Pool, moved out and left a 65,000-SF vacancy in its wake.
by Arkansas Business Staff 9/23/2013 12:00 am
Southwest Power Pool has provided the kind of atmosphere — physical and otherwise — that makes it easy to retain employees. Its efforts to accommodate employees, and its move last year into a $62 million headquarters campus in west Little Rock, have made Southwest Power Pool one of Arkansas Business' 2013 Best Places to Work.
by Luke Jones 8/19/2013 12:00 am
By mid-2014, both Southwest Power Pool and MISO will have upgraded Arkansas' electrical transmission systems with “second-day” transmission markets. The process is expected to cost huge amounts of capital and man-hours.
by Luke Jones 8/19/2013 12:00 am
The new transmission markets being implemented at Arkansas' electric utilities have been called “two-day” markets, “day-ahead” markets, “integrated” markets and other terms.
by Chuck Bartels, The Associated Press 11/27/2012 07:36 am
Southwest Power Pool Inc.'s decision to keep its $62 million headquarters in Arkansas indicates that the state can support major employers with highly educated workforces. But according to Nick Brown, the company's top executive, Arkansas needs to better train its young students for careers in technology.
by Luke Jones 10/26/2012 04:24 pm
The Arkansas Public Service Commission says it would approve Entergy Arkansas' joining with a regional transmission group, prompting a statement of disapproval from Southwest Power Pool.
by George Waldon 8/15/2011 12:00 am
Occupancy in the Pulaski County office market declined slightly for a second year, according to the Central Arkansas Commercial Data Exchange.
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