Southwest Power Pool Inc
Little Rock, AR · EIN 71-0748158 · Rank 2,226 by total revenue
Regional transmission organization that provides the following services to its members and customers: tariff administration, electric reliability coordination, regional transmission scheduling, regional transmission expansion planning, day-ahead and real time markets, transmission congestion rights, reliability unit commitment, operating reserve market, and consolidated balancing authority.
Money, Form 990 for tax year 2024
- Total revenue
- $291,717,736
- Total expenses
- $268,327,083
- Total assets
- $1,870,065,706
- Salary base (all salaries and wages)
- $126,138,468
- Salaries, other pay and benefits
- $160,288,571
- Employees
- 889
- Salary base per employee
- $141,888
"Salary base" is Form 990 Part IX lines 5 to 7. "Employees" is everyone who got a W-2 that year, full or part time. Form 990-EZ and 990-PF report pay differently; see About the data.
Leadership (26)
| Name | Title | Role | Hours/week | Total pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barbara Sugg | President and CEO | Board, Officer | 40 | $2,121,977 |
| Lanny Nickell | Executive Vice President and COO | Officer | 40 | $1,662,662 |
| Bruce Rew | Senior Vice President - Operations | Officer | 40 | $863,266 |
| Antoine Lucas | Vice President - Markets | Officer | 40 | $837,573 |
| Paul Suskie | Executive Vice President - Regulatory Policy & General Counsel | Officer | 40 | $827,941 |
| David Kelley Jr | Vice President and CFO/VP Engineering | Officer | 40 | $762,167 |
| Michael Ross | Senior Vice President - External Affairs | Officer | 40 | $742,999 |
| Kelly Carney | Vice President - Human Capital & CPO | Officer | 40 | $733,114 |
| John Sam Ellis | Vice President, IT and Chief Information Security Officer | Officer | 40 | $663,803 |
| Michael Desselle | Vice President Chief Compliance & Admin Officer | Officer | 40 | $635,769 |
| Felek Abbas | Vice President & Chief Security Officer | Officer | 40 | $480,588 |
| Michael Riley | Vice President - Corporate Services & Chief Compliance | Officer | 40 | $452,509 |
| Casey Cathey | Vice President - Engineering | Officer | 40 | $450,064 |
| Ralph Chapman Jr | Senior Director - Facilities and IT Applications | Key employee | 40 | $502,704 |
| Carlie M Brown Jr | Senior Director - Systems Operations | Key employee | 40 | $464,657 |
| Jerome Wild | Senior Director - Technology & Services | Key employee | 40 | $444,024 |
| Natasha Henderson | Senior Director Grid Asset Utility | Key employee | 40 | $386,914 |
| John Cupparo | Board Chair | Board | 5 | $216,250 |
| Steve Wright | Board Member | Board | 5 | $182,500 |
| Raymond Hepper | Board Member | Board | 5 | $182,500 |
| Elizabeth Moore | Board Vice Chair | Board | 5 | $182,500 |
| Irene Dimitry | Board Member | Board | 5 | $162,500 |
| Bastone Bronwen | Board Member | Board | 5 | $157,500 |
| Stuart Solomon | Board Member | Board | 5 | $157,500 |
| Susan Certoma | Board Member | Board | 5 | $153,750 |
| John Ben Trowbridge | Board Member | Board | 5 | $150,000 |
Top 10 paid people listed
These 10 people received $9,851,271, which is 7.8% of the $126,138,468 salary base shared by 889 employees.
| Name | Title | Role | Hours/week | From this org | From related orgs | Other pay | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barbara Sugg | President and CEO | Board, Officer | 40 | $1,945,092 | $0 | $176,885 | $2,121,977 |
| Lanny Nickell | Executive Vice President and COO | Officer | 40 | $1,515,293 | $0 | $147,369 | $1,662,662 |
| Bruce Rew | Senior Vice President - Operations | Officer | 40 | $688,563 | $0 | $174,703 | $863,266 |
| Antoine Lucas | Vice President - Markets | Officer | 40 | $755,271 | $0 | $82,302 | $837,573 |
| Paul Suskie | Executive Vice President - Regulatory Policy & General Counsel | Officer | 40 | $723,015 | $0 | $104,926 | $827,941 |
| David Kelley Jr | Vice President and CFO/VP Engineering | Officer | 40 | $661,080 | $0 | $101,087 | $762,167 |
| Michael Ross | Senior Vice President - External Affairs | Officer | 40 | $603,012 | $0 | $139,987 | $742,999 |
| Kelly Carney | Vice President - Human Capital & CPO | Officer | 40 | $624,177 | $0 | $108,937 | $733,114 |
| John Sam Ellis | Vice President, IT and Chief Information Security Officer | Officer | 40 | $506,271 | $0 | $157,532 | $663,803 |
| Michael Desselle | Vice President Chief Compliance & Admin Officer | Officer | 40 | $549,120 | $0 | $86,649 | $635,769 |
Sources
- IRS e-file return 202523009349301547 (Form 990, period ending 2024-12-31): readable copy at ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer
- IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search for EIN 71-0748158
- Organization website (as filed): www.spp.org