SPP’s Board of Directors has selected COO Lanny Nickell as its next CEO, effective April 1, replacing the retiring Barbara Sugg following a three-month transition period.

SPP directors and regulators have approved the grid operator’s first winter planning reserve margin, endorsing a base PRM that is 3 percentage points higher than many of its utilities wanted.

SPP CEO Barbara Sugg has announced that she will retire from the RTO on April 1, 2025, after 35 years of service.

SPP CEO Barbara Sugg warned the RTO’s board and stakeholders that the grid operator faces new and stronger headwinds, even as it met its corporate goals’ first-quarter milestones.

John Cupparo has been elected chair of SPP's Board of Directors to replace Susan Certoma, who will remain as a director.

SPP chalked up numerous successes during 2023 without the effects of a global pandemic or severe winter storms.

SPP members and its board have embraced an advisory group’s report on a fast-approach future grid and directing work to address the group’s recommendations.

SPP’s Board and Members Committee have approved two resource adequacy revision requests, ending a last-minute dash to gain stakeholder approval.

SPP continues to make a misnomer out of the "Southwest" portion of its name, expanding its beachhead in the Western Interconnection along several fronts.