SPP’s Board of Directors has awarded its eighth competitive project and third in 2025 under FERC Order 1000, a 345-kV upgrade in the Texas Panhandle.

SPP says its longest-tenured employee, Senior Vice President of Operations Bruce Rew, will retire in December and be replaced by C.J. Brown.

With winter storms, load sheds and tight operating conditions, 2025 has turned out to be “quite a challenging year” for SPP.