Derek Wingfield

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission recently asked for more details on SPP’s plan to develop an equitable power market along with 34 electric entities in nine western states. read more >

This western march comes at a critical juncture, as extreme weather and emerging stressors, like the  proliferation of data centers, test the power grid like never before. read more >

As utilities and authorities investigate why millions of Texans were left without power last week, Arkansas power experts are looking for lessons in the debacle, and explaining how Arkansas and other states largely avoided Texas’ fate. read more >

Nick Brown, who arrived at Southwest Power Pool as an engineer in 1985, announced Friday that he’s retiring as the regional power transmission service’s CEO effective in April. read more >

David Maxwell, former director of the Arkansas Department of Emergency Management, warns that a crippling cyberattack on power could bring a cascade of system failures across society — from communications to water systems to food and fuel distribution. read more >

Southwest Power Pool, the electric grid and wholesale energy market manager that has its Southern headquarters in Little Rock, has reached agreements to be the grid reliability coordinator for 13 power entities in the Western U.S. read more >