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SOUTHWEST POWER POOL INC: Form 990, tax year 2012

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Organization
SOUTHWEST POWER POOL INC (EIN 71-0748158)
Tax period
2012-01-01 to 2012-12-31
Filed
2013-05-15
IRS object ID
201311359349308901
Schema version
2012v2.0
Source
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Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header ReturnHeader

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Timestamp2013-05-15T15:22:51-07:00Timestamp
Tax Period End Date2012-12-31TaxPeriodEndDate
Return Type990ReturnType
Tax Period Begin Date2012-01-01TaxPeriodBeginDate

Filer Filer

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
EIN710748158EIN

Name Name

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1SOUTHWEST POWER POOL INCBusinessNameLine1
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Name ControlSOUTNameControl
Phone5016143200Phone

US Address USAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1201 Worthen DriveAddressLine1
CityLittle RockCity
StateARState
ZIP Code72223ZIPCode

Officer Officer

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
NameThomas DunnName
TitleVP Finance & CFOTitle
Phone5016143200Phone
Date Signed2013-05-15DateSigned
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Tax Year2012TaxYear
Build TS2016-02-24 21:20:13ZBuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address ChangeXAddressChange
Name Of Principal Officer PersonThomas DunnNameOfPrincipalOfficerPerson

Address Principal Officer US AddressPrincipalOfficerUS

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1201 Worthen DriveAddressLine1
CityLittle RockCity
StateARState
ZIP Code72223ZIPCode
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts148741726GrossReceipts
Group Return For Affiliates0GroupReturnForAffiliates
Organization501cXOrganization501c
Web Sitewww.spp.orgWebSite
Type Of Organization CorporationXTypeOfOrganizationCorporation
Year Formation1994YearFormation
State Legal DomicileARStateLegalDomicile
Activity Or Mission DescriptionRegional transmission organization that provides the following services to its membership: tariff administration, electric reliability coordination, regional transmission scheduling, energy imbalance market operations, and regional transmission expansion planning.ActivityOrMissionDescription
Nbr Voting Members Governing Body7NbrVotingMembersGoverningBody
Nbr Independent Voting Members6NbrIndependentVotingMembers
Total Nbr Employees590TotalNbrEmployees
Total Nbr Volunteers0TotalNbrVolunteers
Total Gross UBI0TotalGrossUBI
Net Unrelated Business Txbl Income0NetUnrelatedBusinessTxblIncome
Contributions Grants Prior Year384000ContributionsGrantsPriorYear
Contributions Grants Current Year408000ContributionsGrantsCurrentYear
Program Service Revenue Prior Year128556128ProgramServiceRevenuePriorYear
Program Service Revenue CY147511235ProgramServiceRevenueCY
Investment Income Prior Year157247InvestmentIncomePriorYear
Investment Income Current Year148537InvestmentIncomeCurrentYear
Other Revenue Prior Year0OtherRevenuePriorYear
Other Revenue Current Year673954OtherRevenueCurrentYear
Total Revenue Prior Year129097375TotalRevenuePriorYear
Total Revenue Current Year148741726TotalRevenueCurrentYear
Grants And Similar Amnts Prior Year0GrantsAndSimilarAmntsPriorYear
Grants And Similar Amnts CY0GrantsAndSimilarAmntsCY
Benefits Paid To Members Prior Year0BenefitsPaidToMembersPriorYear
Benefits Paid To Members CY0BenefitsPaidToMembersCY
Salaries Etc Prior Year65277313SalariesEtcPriorYear
Salaries Etc Current Year76612157SalariesEtcCurrentYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp Prior Year0TotalProfFundrsngExpPriorYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp CY0TotalProfFundrsngExpCY
Total Fundrsng Exp Current Year0TotalFundrsngExpCurrentYear
Other Expense Prior Year72860477OtherExpensePriorYear
Other Expenses Current Year73435463OtherExpensesCurrentYear
Total Expenses Prior Year138137790TotalExpensesPriorYear
Total Expenses Current Year150047620TotalExpensesCurrentYear
Revenues Less Expenses Prior Year-9040415RevenuesLessExpensesPriorYear
Revenues Less Expenses CY-1305894RevenuesLessExpensesCY
Total Assets BOY246305588TotalAssetsBOY
Total Assets EOY339519689TotalAssetsEOY
Total Liabilities BOY275728061TotalLiabilitiesBOY
Total Liabilities EOY370248056TotalLiabilitiesEOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY-29422473NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY-30728367NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOY
Mission DescriptionRegional transmission organization that provides the following services to its membership: tariff administration, electric reliability coordination, regional transmission scheduling, energy imbalance market operations, and regional transmission expansion planning.MissionDescription
Significant New Program Services0SignificantNewProgramServices
Significant Change0SignificantChange
Expense150047620Expense
Grants0Grants
Revenue0Revenue
DescriptionSee Statement 1Description
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Total Of Other Program Service Grnt0TotalOfOtherProgramServiceGrnt
Total Of Other Program Service Rev0TotalOfOtherProgramServiceRev
Total Program Service Expense150047620TotalProgramServiceExpense
Described In501 C30DescribedIn501C3
Schedule B Required0ScheduleBRequired
Political Activities0PoliticalActivities
Subject To Proxy Tax1SubjectToProxyTax
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Conservation Easements0ConservationEasements
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Credit Counseling1CreditCounseling
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Report Fin48 Footnote0ReportFin48Footnote
Independent Audit Financial Stmt1IndependentAuditFinancialStmt
Consolidated Audit Financial Stmt0ConsolidatedAuditFinancialStmt
School0School
Foreign Office0ForeignOffice
Foreign Activities0ForeignActivities
More Than5000 K To Organizations0MoreThan5000KToOrganizations
More Than5000 K To Individuals0MoreThan5000KToIndividuals
Professional Fundraising0ProfessionalFundraising
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Gaming0Gaming
Hospital0Hospital
Grants To Organizations0GrantsToOrganizations
Grants To Individuals0GrantsToIndividuals
Schedule J Required1ScheduleJRequired
Tax Exempt Bonds0TaxExemptBonds
Loan To Officer Or DQP0LoanToOfficerOrDQP
Grant To Related Person0GrantToRelatedPerson
Bsnss Rltnshp With Organization1BsnssRltnshpWithOrganization
Bsnss Rltnshp Thru Family Member0BsnssRltnshpThruFamilyMember
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Deductible Non Cash Contributions0DeductibleNonCashContributions
Deductible Contributions Of Art0DeductibleContributionsOfArt
Terminated0Terminated
Partial Liquidation0PartialLiquidation
Disregarded Entity0DisregardedEntity
Related Entity0RelatedEntity
Related Org Controlled Entity0RelatedOrgControlledEntity
Activities Conducted Partnership0ActivitiesConductedPartnership
Schedule O Required1ScheduleORequired
Number Forms Transmitted With109663NumberFormsTransmittedWith1096
Number W2 G Included0NumberW2GIncluded
Compliance With Backup Witholding1ComplianceWithBackupWitholding
Number Of Employees590NumberOfEmployees
Employment Tax Returns Filed1EmploymentTaxReturnsFiled
Unrelated Business Income0UnrelatedBusinessIncome
Foreign Financial Account0ForeignFinancialAccount
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans0ProhibitedTaxShelterTrans
Taxable Party Notification0TaxablePartyNotification
Non Deductible Contributions1NonDeductibleContributions
Non Deductible Disclosure1NonDeductibleDisclosure
Indoor Tanning Services0IndoorTanningServices
Info In Schedule O Part VIXInfoInScheduleOPartVI
Nbr Voting Governing Body Members7NbrVotingGoverningBodyMembers
Number Independent Voting Members6NumberIndependentVotingMembers
Family Or Business Relationship1FamilyOrBusinessRelationship
Delegation Of Management Duties0DelegationOfManagementDuties
Changes To Organizing Docs0ChangesToOrganizingDocs
Material Diversion Or Misuse0MaterialDiversionOrMisuse
Members Or Stockholders1MembersOrStockholders
Election Of Board Members1ElectionOfBoardMembers
Decisions Subject To Approval0DecisionsSubjectToApproval
Minutes Of Governing Body1MinutesOfGoverningBody
Minutes Of Committees1MinutesOfCommittees
Officer Mailing Address0OfficerMailingAddress
Local Chapters0LocalChapters
Form990 Provided To Governing Body0Form990ProvidedToGoverningBody
Conflict Of Interest Policy1ConflictOfInterestPolicy
Annual Disclosure Covered Persons1AnnualDisclosureCoveredPersons
Regular Monitoring Enforcement1RegularMonitoringEnforcement
Whistleblower Policy0WhistleblowerPolicy
Document Retention Policy1DocumentRetentionPolicy
Compensation Process CEO1CompensationProcessCEO
Compensation Process Other0CompensationProcessOther
Investment In Joint Venture0InvestmentInJointVenture
Upon RequestXUponRequest

The Books Are In Care Of TheBooksAreInCareOf

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Name PersonThomas Dunn VP CFONamePerson
Telephone Number5016143200TelephoneNumber

Address US AddressUS

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1201 Worthen DriveAddressLine1
CityLittle RockCity
StateARState
ZIP Code72223ZIPCode

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (30 entries)

TitleTitleAverage Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekIndividual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorReportable Comp From OrganizationReportableCompFromOrganizationReportable Comp From Related OrgsReportableCompFromRelatedOrgsOther CompensationOtherCompensationOfficerOfficerKey EmployeeKeyEmployeeHighest Compensated EmployeeHighestCompensatedEmployee
Larry Altenbaumer
Board Member5X9325000
Phyllis Bernard
Board Member5X9000000
Jim Eckelberger
Chairman5X10250000
Julian Brix
Board Member5X8925000
Joshua Martin
Board Member5X7650000
Harry Skilton
Vice Chairman5X10625000
Gerry Burrows
RE Trustee5X4400000
David Christiano
RE Trustee5X4450000
John Meyer
RE Trustee5X5300000
Nicholas Brown
President/CEO40X6004050155064X
Stacy Duckett
VP, Corp Secretary40285165074981X
Thomas Dunn
VP Finance & CFO40305801065861X
Michael Desselle
VP & CAO40309891073849X
Carl Monroe
Executive Vice President & COO404844260165292X
Lanny Nickell
Vice President, Operations40317776088004X
Bruce Rew
Vice-President, Operations403175070110636X
Barbara Sugg
Vice President, Information Technology403130430124751X
Paul Suskie
Vice President, Regulatory Policy & General Counsel40342926042162X
Stacy Dochoda
Regional Entity Manager40203328035564X
John Sam Ellis
Director, Markets Administration40215482048259X
Malinda See
Director, Corporate Services40176484098752X
Ron Ciesiel
Regional Entity Manager402603050103578X
Ralph Chapman Jr
Director, IT Enterprise Operations40214598049780X
Frederick R Thornton
Director, IT Applications40192836049752X
Don Shipley
Director, System Operations40182741037773X
Leonard Pat Bourne
Director, Transmission Policy40211655059784X
Charles Yeung
Executive Director, Interregional Affairs40212480052493X
Katherine Prewitt
Director, Planning40205046045089X
Richard Dillon
Director, Market Development & Analysis40202512076070X
Philip Bruich
Director, Settlements40209420074031X
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org6463077TotalReportableCompFromOrg
Total Reportable Comp Frm Rltd Orgs0TotalReportableCompFrmRltdOrgs
Total Other Compensation1631525TotalOtherCompensation
Number Individuals GT100 K199NumberIndividualsGT100K
Formers Listed0FormersListed
Total Comp GT150 K1TotalCompGT150K
Compensation From Other Sources0CompensationFromOtherSources

Contractor Compensation ContractorCompensation (5 entries)

Address Line1AddressOfContractor/AddressUS/AddressLine1CityAddressOfContractor/AddressUS/CityStateAddressOfContractor/AddressUS/StateZIP CodeAddressOfContractor/AddressUS/ZIPCodeDescription Of ServicesDescriptionOfServicesCompensationCompensation
Alstom Grid Inc
PO Box 88808ChicagoIL606951808Consulting & Professional Services16667863
Accenture
PO Box 70629ChicagoIL606730629Consulting & Professional Services14646724
Nabholz Construction Services
1718 Aldersgate RoadLittle RockAR72205Construction of corporate facility12433563
The Structure Group
PO Box 846378DallasTX752846378Consulting & Professional Services3584848
OATI Inc
3660 Technology Drive NEMinneapolisMN55418Consulting & Professional Services2762085
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Number Of Contractors GT100 K48NumberOfContractorsGT100K
Federated Campaigns0FederatedCampaigns
Membership Dues408000MembershipDues
Fundraising Events0FundraisingEvents
Related Organizations0RelatedOrganizations
Government Grants0GovernmentGrants
All Other Contributions0AllOtherContributions
Noncash Contributions0NoncashContributions
Total Contributions408000TotalContributions

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenue (3 entries)

DescriptionDescriptionBusiness CodeBusinessCodeTotal Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumnRelated Or Exempt Function IncomeRelatedOrExemptFunctionIncomeUnrelated Business RevenueUnrelatedBusinessRevenueExclusionExclusionAmount
Tariff Administrative Service90009992230355922303550$0
Fees & Assessments90009926170027261700270$0
Contract Services Revenue90009922686669226866690$0

Total Oth Program Service Revenue TotalOthProgramServiceRevenue

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column6424184TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income6424184RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
Unrelated Business Revenue0UnrelatedBusinessRevenue
Exclusion$0ExclusionAmount
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Total Program Service Revenue147511235TotalProgramServiceRevenue

Investment Income InvestmentIncome

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Total Revenue Column148537TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income148537RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
Unrelated Business Revenue0UnrelatedBusinessRevenue
Exclusion$0ExclusionAmount

Income From Invest Bond Proceeds IncomeFromInvestBondProceeds

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Total Revenue Column0TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income0RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
Unrelated Business Revenue0UnrelatedBusinessRevenue
Exclusion$0ExclusionAmount

Royalties Revenue RoyaltiesRevenue

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Total Revenue Column0TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income0RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
Unrelated Business Revenue0UnrelatedBusinessRevenue
Exclusion$0ExclusionAmount

Rental Income Or Loss RentalIncomeOrLoss

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Real0Real
Personal0Personal

Gain Or Loss GainOrLoss

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Securities0Securities
Other0Other
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Cntrbtns Rprtd Fundraising Events0CntrbtnsRprtdFundraisingEvents

Miscellaneous Revenue MiscellaneousRevenue

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Total Revenue Column673954TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income673954RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
Unrelated Business Revenue0UnrelatedBusinessRevenue
Exclusion$0ExclusionAmount
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Other Revenue673954TotalOtherRevenue

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

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Related Or Exempt Function Income148333726RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
Unrelated Business Revenue0UnrelatedBusinessRevenue
Exclusion$0ExclusionAmount

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgs

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Total0Total

Grants To Domestic Individuals GrantsToDomesticIndividuals

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Total0Total

Foreign Grants ForeignGrants

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Total0Total

Benefits To Members BenefitsToMembers

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Total0Total

Comp Current Officers Directors CompCurrentOfficersDirectors

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Total6895770Total

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWages

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Total52209057Total

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributions

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total8652450Total

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefits

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total4726695Total

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxes

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Total4128185Total

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegal

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total3825569Total

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccounting

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total124525Total

Office Expenses OfficeExpenses

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total1145464Total

Information Technology InformationTechnology

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total8878867Total

Occupancy Occupancy

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total2765574Total

Travel Travel

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total2244911Total

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetings

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total982529Total

Interest Interest

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total6397548Total

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletion

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total16590006Total

Insurance Insurance

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total908810Total

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (3 entries)

DescriptionDescriptionTotalTotal
Communications Expense4020094
FERC Fees14976970
Consulting Services9905294

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpenses

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total669302Total

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total150047620Total
Program Services0ProgramServices
Management And General0ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising0Fundraising

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY108076BOY
EOY106594EOY

Savings And Temp Cash Investments SavingsAndTempCashInvestments

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY108558092BOY
EOY139329908EOY

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivable

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY0BOY
EOY0EOY

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivable

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY15900968BOY
EOY17922754EOY

Receivables From Officers Etc ReceivablesFromOfficersEtc

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY0BOY
EOY0EOY

Receivables From Disqual Persons ReceivablesFromDisqualPersons

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY0BOY
EOY0EOY

Other Notes Loans Receivable Net OtherNotesLoansReceivableNet

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY0BOY
EOY0EOY

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUse

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY0BOY
EOY0EOY

Prepaid Expenses Deferred Charges PrepaidExpensesDeferredCharges

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY6635512BOY
EOY5411711EOY
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Land Buildings Equipment Basis275894890LandBuildingsEquipmentBasis
Land Bldg Equipment Accum Deprec102143100LandBldgEquipmentAccumDeprec

Land Buildings Equipment Basis Net LandBuildingsEquipmentBasisNet

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY112187769BOY
EOY173751790EOY

Investments Pub Traded Securities InvestmentsPubTradedSecurities

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY0BOY
EOY0EOY

Investments Other Securities InvestmentsOtherSecurities

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY0BOY
EOY0EOY

Investments Program Related InvestmentsProgramRelated

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY0BOY
EOY0EOY

Intangible Assets IntangibleAssets

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY0BOY
EOY0EOY

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotal

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY2915171BOY
EOY2996932EOY

Total Assets TotalAssets

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY246305588BOY
EOY339519689EOY

Accounts Payable Accrued Expenses AccountsPayableAccruedExpenses

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY43556821BOY
EOY38570358EOY

Grants Payable GrantsPayable

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY0BOY

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenue

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY7450419BOY
EOY6286085EOY

Tax Exempt Bond Liabilities TaxExemptBondLiabilities

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY0BOY
EOY0EOY

Escrow Account Liability EscrowAccountLiability

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY34903534BOY
EOY43914595EOY

Loans From Officers Directors LoansFromOfficersDirectors

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY0BOY
EOY0EOY

Mort Notes Pybl Secured Invest Prop MortNotesPyblSecuredInvestProp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY182163400BOY
EOY270957800EOY

Unsecured Notes Loans Payable UnsecuredNotesLoansPayable

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY0BOY

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilities

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY7653887BOY
EOY10519218EOY

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY275728061BOY
EOY370248056EOY
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Do Not Follow SFAS117XDoNotFollowSFAS117

Cap Stck Trst Prin Current Funds CapStckTrstPrinCurrentFunds

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY0BOY
EOY0EOY

Paid In Cap Srpls Land Bldg Eqp Fund PaidInCapSrplsLandBldgEqpFund

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY0BOY
EOY0EOY

Retained Earnings Endowment Etc RetainedEarningsEndowmentEtc

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY-29422473BOY
EOY-30728367EOY

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY-29422473BOY
EOY-30728367EOY

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY246305588BOY
EOY339519689EOY
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expenses-1305894ReconcilationRevenueExpenses
Reconciliation Unrealized Invest0ReconciliationUnrealizedInvest
Reconcilation Donated Services0ReconcilationDonatedServices
Reconcilation Invest Expenses0ReconcilationInvestExpenses
Reconcilation Prior Adjustment0ReconcilationPriorAdjustment
Reconcilation Other Changes0ReconcilationOtherChanges
Method Of Accounting AccrualXMethodOfAccountingAccrual
Accountant Compile Or Review0AccountantCompileOrReview
FS Audited1FSAudited

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasis

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Financial Statement SeparateXFinancialStatementSeparate
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Audit Committee1AuditCommittee
Federal Grant Audit Required0FederalGrantAuditRequired

Schedule C IRS990ScheduleC

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Substantially All Dues Nondeduct0SubstantiallyAllDuesNondeduct
Only In House Lobbying0OnlyInHouseLobbying
Agree To Carryover Prior Year0AgreeToCarryoverPriorYear
Dues Assessments408000DuesAssessments
Non Ded Lobby Political Current0NonDedLobbyPoliticalCurrent
Non Ded Lobby Political Carryover0NonDedLobbyPoliticalCarryover
Non Ded Lobby Political Total0NonDedLobbyPoliticalTotal
Aggr Amt Reported In Dues Notices0AggrAmtReportedInDuesNotices
Amount To Be Carried Over0AmountToBeCarriedOver
Taxable$0TaxableAmount

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Agent Trustee Etc0AgentTrusteeEtc
Included On FS1IncludedOnFS
Explanation In Part XIIIXExplanationInPartXIII

Land Land

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis4811902InvestmentCostOrOtherBasis
Other Cost Or Other Basis0OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Book Value4811902BookValue

Buildings Buildings

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis67377890InvestmentCostOrOtherBasis
Other Cost Or Other Basis0OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation3217333Depreciation
Book Value64160557BookValue

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovements

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis334793InvestmentCostOrOtherBasis
Other Cost Or Other Basis0OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation334793Depreciation
Book Value0BookValue

Equipment Equipment

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis35305649InvestmentCostOrOtherBasis
Other Cost Or Other Basis0OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation23755846Depreciation
Book Value11549803BookValue

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildings

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis168064656InvestmentCostOrOtherBasis
Other Cost Or Other Basis0OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation74835128Depreciation
Book Value93229528BookValue
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Of Book Value Land Buildings173751790TotalOfBookValueLandBuildings
Federal Income Tax Liability0FederalIncomeTaxLiability

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilities (4 entries)

DescriptionDescriptionAmountAmount
Deferred Compensation Liability, 457(b)$967,970
Deferred Compensation Liability, 457(f)$975,213
Derivative Liability$1,857,437
Accrued Pension Cost Liability$6,718,598
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Of Amounts10519218TotalOfAmounts
Tot Revenue Etc Audited Fincl Stmt148741726TotRevenueEtcAuditedFinclStmt
Net Unrealized Gains Investments0NetUnrealizedGainsInvestments
Donated Srvc And Use Of Facilities0DonatedSrvcAndUseOfFacilities
Recoveries Of Prior Year Grants0RecoveriesOfPriorYearGrants
Other Revenues0OtherRevenues
Revenue Not Rptd F9900RevenueNotRptdF990
Revenue Subtotal148741726RevenueSubtotal
Investment Expenses Not Included0InvestmentExpensesNotIncluded
Other Revenues Not Included0OtherRevenuesNotIncluded
Revenue Not Rptd On Fin Stmt0RevenueNotRptdOnFinStmt
Total Revenue Per Form990148741726TotalRevenuePerForm990
Tot Expenses Etc Audited Fincl Stmt150047620TotExpensesEtcAuditedFinclStmt
Donated Services Use Of Facilities0DonatedServicesUseOfFacilities
Prior Year Adjustments0PriorYearAdjustments
Losses Reported0LossesReported
Other Expenses Included0OtherExpensesIncluded
Expenses Not Rptd F9900ExpensesNotRptdF990
Expenses Subtotal150047620ExpensesSubtotal
Investment Expenses Not Included20InvestmentExpensesNotIncluded2
Other Expenses Not Included0OtherExpensesNotIncluded
Expenses Not Rptd On Fin Stmt0ExpensesNotRptdOnFinStmt
Total Expenses Per Form990150047620TotalExpensesPerForm990

Form990 Schedule D Part XIII Form990ScheduleDPartXIII (2 entries)

IdentifierIdentifierReturn ReferenceReturnReferenceExplanationExplanation
SchD_P04_S00_L02bSchedule D, Part IV, Line 2bCustomers may be required to make deposits prior to the performance of various services. These amounts are typically held for the duration of the service and applied to the customer's final invoice. Funds are also held in escrow for any disputed invoices until the dispute is resolved.
SchD_P10_S00_L01Schedule D, Part X, Line 1Consists of liabilities associated with defined benefit retirement plan and supplemental non-qualified 457(b) and (f) plans in addition to a liability associated with the valuation of the outstanding interest rate swaps.

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
First Class Or Charter TravelXFirstClassOrCharterTravel
Travel For CompanionsXTravelForCompanions
Written Policy Re T And E Expenses1WrittenPolicyReTAndEExpenses
Substantiation Required1SubstantiationRequired
Compensation SurveyXCompensationSurvey
Board Or Committee ApprovalXBoardOrCommitteeApproval
Severance Payment0SeverancePayment
Supplemental Nonqual Retire Plan1SupplementalNonqualRetirePlan
Equity Based Comp Arrangement0EquityBasedCompArrangement

Form990 Schedule J Part II Form990ScheduleJPartII (21 entries)

TitleTitleBase Compensation Filing OrgBaseCompensationFilingOrgComp Based On Related OrgsCompBasedOnRelatedOrgsBonus Filing OrgBonusFilingOrgBonus Related OrgsBonusRelatedOrgsOther Compensation Filing OrgOtherCompensationFilingOrgOther Compensation Related OrgsOtherCompensationRelatedOrgsDeferred Comp Filing OrgDeferredCompFilingOrgDeferred Comp Related OrgsDeferredCompRelatedOrgsNontaxable Benefits Filing OrgNontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgNontaxable Benefits Related OrgsNontaxableBenefitsRelatedOrgsTotal Compensation Filing OrgTotalCompensationFilingOrgTotal Compensation Related OrgsTotalCompensationRelatedOrgsComp Report Prior990 Filing OrgCompReportPrior990FilingOrgComp Report Prior990 Related OrgsCompReportPrior990RelatedOrgs
Stacy Duckett
VP, Corp Secretary21882206500001343068825061560360146000
Thomas Dunn
VP Finance & CFO22942407500001377060264055980371663000
Michael Desselle
VP & CAO233201075000016910587830150660383741000
Carl Monroe
Executive Vice President & COO33156601500000286101516070136850649719000
Nicholas Brown
President/CEO4177950180000026110145936091280755470000
Lanny Nickell
Vice President, Operations231432085000013430711820168220405779000
Bruce Rew
Vice-President, Operations231132085000013750935010171350428143000
Barbara Sugg
Vice President, Information Technology2267000850000134301082950164560437794000
Paul Suskie
Vice President, Regulatory Policy & General Counsel2416280100000012980255170166460385089000
Stacy Dochoda
Regional Entity Manager90043089000024285029055065080238891000
John Sam Ellis
Director, Markets Administration1660050487000777042257060020263741000
Malinda See
Director, Corporate Services14940002630007840811610175910275236000
Ron Ciesiel
Executive Director, Compliance206413052126017660886470149310363883000
Ralph Chapman Jr
Director, IT Enterprise Operations166496042100060020283150214650264378000
Frederick R Thornton
Director, IT Applications157632033300019050339990157530242589000
Don Shipley
Director, System Operations1517230301000918032048057250220514000
Leonard Pat Bourne
Director, Transmission Policy172830036800020250414990182850271439000
Charles Yeung
Executive Director, Interregional Affairs179396032000010840364390160540264973000
Katherine Prewitt
Director, Planning1577510465000795035723093660250135000
Richard Dillon
Director, Market Development & Analysis171896029600010160568570192140278583000
Philip Bruich
Director, Settlements16071604790008040579030161280283451000

Form990 Schedule J Part III Form990ScheduleJPartIII (3 entries)

IdentifierIdentifierReturn ReferenceReturnReferenceExplanationExplanation
SchJ_P01_S00_L01aSchedule J, Part I, Line 1aTom Dunn, CFO and Nicholas Brown, President are co-owners of Off We Go, LLC, a corporation holding ownership of one 4-seat propellor driven private aircraft that is used for business purposes. Occasionally, Nicholas Brown, President is accompanied by his spouse when traveling for business purposes. The costs related to this travel is paid by Southwest Power Pool.
SchJ_P01_S00_L03Schedule J, Part I, Line 3The Human Resources Committee is responsible for ensuring the critical job functions and goals of the SPP President are documented and communicated to the SPP President annually. Included in this annual review, the committee ensures the SPP President receives a documented review of performance against the stated critical job functions and goals. The committee recommends compensation and benefit adjustments for the SPP President during their annual review. The chair of the SPP Human Resources Committee, in conjunction with the chair of the SPP Board of Directors, reviews the recommendations and documentation and approves any compensation adjustments for the SPP President. This annual review is conducted in January.
SchJ_P01_S00_L04Schedule J, Part I, Line 4A non-qualified 457(f) tax deferred compensation plan was established for select members (Nick Brown, President/CEO and Carl Monroe, Executive Vice President/COO) of executive management in 2009. The plan is intended to be exempt from the participation, vesting, funding and fiduciary requirements of Title I of ERISA and serves to further supplement benefits lost due to IRS limitations on compensation and benefits.

Schedule L IRS990ScheduleL

Form990 Schedule L Part IV Form990ScheduleLPartIV (2 entries)

RelationshipRelationshipAmount Of TransactionAmountOfTransactionDescription Of TransactionDescriptionOfTransactionSharing Of RevenuesSharingOfRevenues
Thomas Dunn
VP Finance/CFO14585See Part V for description0
Nicholas Brown
President/CEO14585See Part V for description0

Form990 Schedule L Part V Form990ScheduleLPartV

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
IdentifierSchL_P04_S00_L00Identifier
Return ReferenceSchedule L, Part IVReturnReference
ExplanationThomas Dunn, VP Finance/CFO and Nicholas Brown, President/CEO are co-owners of Off We Go, LLC, a corporation holding ownership of one 4-seat propeller driven private aircraft that is used for business purposes.Explanation

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (7 entries)

IdentifierIdentifierReturn ReferenceReturnReferenceExplanationExplanation
F990_P06_S0A_L02Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 2Thomas Dunn, VP Finance/CFO and Nicholas Brown, President/CEO are co-owners of Off We Go, LLC, a corporation holding ownership of one 4-seat propeller driven private aircraft that is used for business purposes.
F990_P06_S0A_L06Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 6The organization consists of members.
F990_P06_S0A_L07aForm 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 7aMembers are responsible for electing the independent positions of Board of Directors.
F990_P06_S0B_L11bForm 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11bData is accumulated from various sources and entered in the 990 forms by the senior accountant. The form is then reviewed by the accounting manager and controller prior to submission to the CFO for final concurrence.
F990_P06_S0B_L12cForm 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12cAll employees are required to read the Code of Conduct, which contains the conflict of interest policy, on annual basis. The employee signs the Code of Conduct electronically to confirm that the policy has been read. SPP monitors this electronically.
F990_P06_S0B_L15Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15The HR committee is responsible for ensuring critical job functions and goals of the SPP President are documented and communicated to the SPP President annually. Included in this annual review, the committee ensures the SPP President receives a documented review of performance against the state critical job functions and goals. The committee recommends compensation and benefit adjustments for the SPP President during their annual review. The Chair of the HR Committee, in conjunction with the chair of the SPP Board of Directors, revieews the recommendations and documentation and approves any compensation adjustments for the SPP President. This annual review is conducted every January. The HR committee reviews compensation for SPP officers but does not make recommendations. All compensation decisions for the SPP officers are determined by the SPP President and CEO.
F990_P06_S0C_L19Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19Governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements are available for viewing on the spp.org web site.