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SOUTHWEST POWER POOL INC: Form 990, tax year 2014

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Organization
SOUTHWEST POWER POOL INC (EIN 71-0748158)
Tax period
2014-01-01 to 2014-12-31
Filed
2015-08-14
IRS object ID
201532269349303363
Schema version
2014v5.0
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)
Return2015-08-14T14:01:59-07:00ReturnTs
Tax Period End2014-12-31TaxPeriodEndDt
Return Type990ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin2014-01-01TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
EIN710748158EIN

Business Name BusinessName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1SOUTHWEST POWER POOL INCBusinessNameLine1Txt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name ControlSOUTBusinessNameControlTxt
Phone5016143200PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1201 Worthen DriveAddressLine1Txt
CityLittle RockCityNm
State AbbreviationARStateAbbreviationCd
ZIP72223ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
PersonThomas DunnPersonNm
Person TitleVP Finance & CFOPersonTitleTxt
Phone5016143200PhoneNum
Signature2015-08-14SignatureDt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Tax2014TaxYr
Build TS2016-04-25 22:37:26ZBuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Principal OfficerTom DunnPrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

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Address Line1201 Worthen DriveAddressLine1Txt
CityLittle RockCityNm
State AbbreviationARStateAbbreviationCd
ZIP72223ZIPCd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts$164,161,431GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates0GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501cYes (X)Organization501cInd
Website Addresswww.spp.orgWebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization CorpYes (X)TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation1994FormationYr
Legal Domicile StateARLegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or MissionRegional transmission organization that provides the following services to its membership: 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.ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body7VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent6VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee609TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers0TotalVolunteersCnt
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Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm$0NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
PY Contributions Grants$450,000PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants$480,000CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue$142,288,252PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue$163,056,893CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income$730,600PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income$508,306CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue$1,172,137PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue$116,232CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue$144,640,989PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue$164,161,431CYTotalRevenueAmt
PY Grants And Similar Paid$0PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid$0CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
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CY Benefits Paid To Members$0CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid$75,943,078PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
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PY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns$0PYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns$0CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense$0CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses$79,574,705PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses$124,102,099CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses$155,517,783PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses$210,462,008CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses-$10,876,794PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses-$46,300,577CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY$359,406,167TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY$521,013,485TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY$400,301,286TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY$607,958,159TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY-$40,895,119NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY-$86,944,674NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
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Grant$0GrantAmt
Revenue$163,056,893RevenueAmt
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Described In Section501c30DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required0ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty0PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Subject To Proxy TaxYes (1)SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund0DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements0ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art0CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit CounselingYes (1)CreditCounselingInd
Temp Or Permanent Endowments0TempOrPermanentEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building EquipmentYes (1)ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec0ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst0ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets0ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other LiabilitiesYes (1)ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote0IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl StmtYes (1)IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt0ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating0SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office0ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities0ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org0MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals0MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising0ProfessionalFundraisingInd
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Gaming Activities0GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital0OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations0GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals0GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J RequiredYes (1)ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds0TaxExemptBondsInd
Loan Outstanding0LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person0GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org MemYes (1)BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
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Business Rln With Officer EntYes (1)BusinessRlnWithOfficerEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri0DeductibleNonCashContriInd
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Terminate Operations0TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation0PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity0DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity0RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent0RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp0ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O RequiredYes (1)ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document70IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G0IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld ComplianceYes (1)BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee609EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns FiledYes (1)EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit0UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Foreign Financial Account0ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans0ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification0TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions0NondeductibleContributionsInd
Indoor Tanning Services0IndoorTanningServicesInd
Info In Schedule O Part VIYes (X)InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members7GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member6IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business RlnYes (1)FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties0DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents0ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse0MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or StockholdersYes (1)MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board MembersYes (1)ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva0DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing BodyYes (1)MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of CommitteesYes (1)MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address0OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters0LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body0Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest PolicyYes (1)ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered PrsnYes (1)AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring EnfrcYes (1)RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy0WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention PolicyYes (1)DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEOYes (1)CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other0CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture0InvestmentInJointVentureInd
Upon RequestYes (X)UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

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PersonThomas Dunn Senior VP Finance CFOPersonNm
Phone5016143200PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

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CityLittle RockCityNm
State AbbreviationARStateAbbreviationCd
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Larry Altenbaumer
Board Member5Yes (X)$78,250$0$0
Phyllis Bernard
Board Member5Yes (X)$81,750$0$0
Jim Eckelberger
Chairman5Yes (X)$107,500$0$0
Julian Brix
Board Member5Yes (X)$86,750$0$0
Joshua Martin
Board Member5Yes (X)$81,250$0$0
Harry Skilton
Vice Chairman5Yes (X)$100,250$0$0
Gerry Burrows
RE Trustee5Yes (X)$39,000$0$0
David Christiano
RE Trustee5Yes (X)$38,500$0$0
John Meyer
RE Trustee5Yes (X)$44,500$0$0
Nicholas Brown
President and CEO40Yes (X)$1,783,314$0$109,385Yes (X)
Carl Monroe
Executive Vice President and COO40$1,103,791$0$114,614Yes (X)
Paul Suskie
Executive Vice President Regulatory Policy and General Counsel40$488,429$0$57,183Yes (X)
Bruce Rew
Vice President - Operations40$491,437$0$90,082Yes (X)
Lanny Nickell
Vice President - Engineering40$426,888$0$68,035Yes (X)
Barbara Sugg
Vice President - Information Technology40$448,740$0$107,011Yes (X)
Michael Desselle
Vice President - Process Integrity40$385,406$0$62,826Yes (X)
Thomas Dunn
Senior Vice President Finance and CFO40$446,848$0$61,416Yes (X)
Stacy Duckett
Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer40$370,591$0$57,185Yes (X)
Michael Ross
Senior Vice President - Government Affairs and Public Relations40$125,484$0$355Yes (X)
Ronald Ciesiel
General Manager - Regional Entity40$348,914$0$122,678Yes (X)
Ralph Chapman Jr
Director - IT Enterprise Operations40$227,640$0$53,425Yes (X)
John Sam Ellis
Director - Markets Administration40$292,597$0$45,365Yes (X)
Don Shipley
Director - System Operations40$229,849$0$38,258Yes (X)
Phillip Bruich
Director - Settlements40$252,356$0$63,230Yes (X)
Richard Dillon
Director - Market Design40$241,136$0$69,851Yes (X)
Charles Yeung
Executive Director - Interregional Affairs40$235,378$0$50,556Yes (X)
Bert Bressers
Director - Operations Support40$232,818$0$70,994Yes (X)
Leonard Pat Bourne
Director - Transmission Policy40$231,320$0$50,052Yes (X)
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Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K279IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed0FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 KYes (1)TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs0CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd

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Alstom Grid Inc
PO Box 88808ChicagoIL606951808Consulting & Professional Services$9,756,271
The Structure Group
PO Box 846378DallasTX752846378Consulting and Professional Services$6,247,833
Accenture
161 North Clark StreetChicagoIL60601Consulting & Professional Services$4,211,092
OATI Inc
3660 Technology Drive NEMinneapolisMN55418Consulting & Professional Services$2,620,802
Utilicast Corporation
PO Box 38KirklandWA98083Consulting & Professional Services$2,569,810
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Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K41CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Federated Campaigns$0FederatedCampaignsAmt
Membership Dues$480,000MembershipDuesAmt
Fundraising$0FundraisingAmt
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Government Grants$0GovernmentGrantsAmt
All Other Contributions$0AllOtherContributionsAmt
Noncash Contributions$0NoncashContributionsAmt
Total Contributions$480,000TotalContributionsAmt

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Fees and Assessments221121$24,532,699$24,532,699$0$0
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Exclusion$0ExclusionAmt
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Total Program Service Revenue$163,056,893TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

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Total Revenue Column$508,306TotalRevenueColumnAmt
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Exclusion$0ExclusionAmt

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Exclusion$0ExclusionAmt

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Real$0RealAmt
Personal$0PersonalAmt

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Securities$0SecuritiesAmt
Other$0OtherAmt

Less Cost Oth Basis Sales Expnss LessCostOthBasisSalesExpnssGrp

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Securities$0SecuritiesAmt
Other$0OtherAmt

Gain Or Loss GainOrLossGrp

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Securities$0SecuritiesAmt
Other$0OtherAmt

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

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Exclusion$0ExclusionAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Contri Rpt Fundraising Event$0ContriRptFundraisingEventAmt

Miscellaneous Revenue MiscellaneousRevenueGrp

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Total Revenue Column$116,232TotalRevenueColumnAmt
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Unrelated Business Revenue$0UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion$0ExclusionAmt
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Other Revenue Total$116,232OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

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Exclusion$0ExclusionAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

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Total$8,827,759TotalAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$59,568,426TotalAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$7,497,848TotalAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

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Total$5,953,848TotalAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

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Total$4,512,028TotalAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

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Total$2,178,307TotalAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

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Total$113,141TotalAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

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Total$1,164,408TotalAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

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Total$15,103,589TotalAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

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Total$2,363,456TotalAmt

Travel TravelGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$1,924,377TotalAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$832,845TotalAmt

Interest InterestGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$12,553,268TotalAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$51,045,826TotalAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$1,097,007TotalAmt

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Consulting Services$13,051,324
Communications Expense$3,744,793
Change in Funded Status$796,508

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$1,810,377TotalAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

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Management And General$0ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising$0FundraisingAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part XYes (X)InfoInScheduleOPartXInd

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

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BOY$105,647BOYAmt
EOY$121,425EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

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BOY$111,869,447BOYAmt
EOY$279,698,285EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

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BOY$0BOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

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Receivables From Officers Etc ReceivablesFromOfficersEtcGrp

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EOY$0EOYAmt

Rcvbl From Disqualified Prsn RcvblFromDisqualifiedPrsnGrp

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EOY$0EOYAmt

Oth Notes Loans Receivable Net OthNotesLoansReceivableNetGrp

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EOY$0EOYAmt

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUseGrp

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EOY$0EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

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BOY$6,976,900BOYAmt
EOY$7,204,356EOYAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec$167,817,638LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

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BOY$204,260,014BOYAmt
EOY$176,881,243EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

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BOY$9,258,371BOYAmt
EOY$10,099,244EOYAmt

Investments Other Securities InvestmentsOtherSecuritiesGrp

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BOY$0BOYAmt

Investments Program Related InvestmentsProgramRelatedGrp

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BOY$0BOYAmt

Intangible Assets IntangibleAssetsGrp

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BOY$0BOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$2,801,495BOYAmt
EOY$5,183,125EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$359,406,167BOYAmt
EOY$521,013,485EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$44,990,910BOYAmt
EOY$89,359,890EOYAmt

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenueGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$5,918,643BOYAmt
EOY$5,895,076EOYAmt

Escrow Account Liability EscrowAccountLiabilityGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$76,713,308BOYAmt
EOY$222,285,452EOYAmt

Mortg Notes Pybl Scrd Invst Prop MortgNotesPyblScrdInvstPropGrp

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BOY$3,752,200BOYAmt
EOY$3,546,600EOYAmt

Unsecured Notes Loans Payable UnsecuredNotesLoansPayableGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$254,506,066BOYAmt
EOY$268,713,354EOYAmt

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilitiesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$14,420,159BOYAmt
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Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$400,301,286BOYAmt
EOY$607,958,159EOYAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Org Does Not Follow SFAS117Yes (X)OrgDoesNotFollowSFAS117Ind

Cap Stk Tr Prin Current Funds CapStkTrPrinCurrentFundsGrp

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BOY$0BOYAmt
EOY$0EOYAmt

Pd In Cap Srpls Land Bldg Eqp Fund PdInCapSrplsLandBldgEqpFundGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$0BOYAmt
EOY$0EOYAmt

Rtn Earn Endowment Incm Oth Fnds RtnEarnEndowmentIncmOthFndsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY-$40,895,119BOYAmt
EOY-$86,944,674EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY-$40,895,119BOYAmt
EOY-$86,944,674EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$359,406,167BOYAmt
EOY$521,013,485EOYAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss-$46,300,577ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Net Unrlzd Gains Losses Invst$251,022NetUnrlzdGainsLossesInvstAmt
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Investment Expense$0InvestmentExpenseAmt
Prior Period Adjustments$0PriorPeriodAdjustmentsAmt
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Method Of Accounting AccrualYes (X)MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review0AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS AuditedYes (1)FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Separate Basis Fincl StmtYes (X)SeparateBasisFinclStmtInd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Audit CommitteeYes (1)AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required0FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule C IRS990ScheduleC

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Substantially All Dues Nonded0SubstantiallyAllDuesNondedInd
Only In House Lobbying0OnlyInHouseLobbyingInd
Agree Carryover Prior Year0AgreeCarryoverPriorYearInd
Dues Assessments$480,000DuesAssessmentsAmt
Non Deductible Lbbyng Pltcl CY$0NonDeductibleLbbyngPltclCYAmt
Non Ded Lbbyng Pltcl Cyov$0NonDedLbbyngPltclCyovAmt
Non Deductible Lbbyng Pltcl Tot$0NonDeductibleLbbyngPltclTotAmt
Aggregate Reported Dues Ntc$0AggregateReportedDuesNtcAmt
Carried Over$0CarriedOverAmt
Taxable$0TaxableAmt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

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Agent Trustee Etc0AgentTrusteeEtcInd
Incl Escrow Custodial Acct LiabYes (1)InclEscrowCustodialAcctLiabInd
Explanation ProvidedYes (X)ExplanationProvidedInd

Land LandGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis$4,811,902InvestmentCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Other Cost Or Other Basis$0OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Book Value$4,811,902BookValueAmt

Buildings BuildingsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis$66,354,426InvestmentCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Other Cost Or Other Basis$0OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$10,065,728DepreciationAmt
Book Value$56,288,698BookValueAmt

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovementsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis$0InvestmentCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Other Cost Or Other Basis$0OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$0DepreciationAmt
Book Value$0BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis$44,822,027InvestmentCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Other Cost Or Other Basis$0OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$35,272,132DepreciationAmt
Book Value$9,549,895BookValueAmt

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis$228,710,526InvestmentCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Other Cost Or Other Basis$0OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$122,479,778DepreciationAmt
Book Value$106,230,748BookValueAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings$176,881,243TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt
Federal Income Tax Liability$0FederalIncomeTaxLiabilityAmt

Other Liabilities Org OtherLiabilitiesOrgGrp (5 entries)

DescDescAmtAmt
Accrued Retiree Health Care Plan Cost Liability$8,899,972
Deferred Compensation Liability, 457(b)$1,583,588
Deferred Compensation Liability, Executive Performance Comp$412,867
Derivative Liability$2,462,410
Accrued Pension Cost Liability$4,798,950
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Liability$18,157,787TotalLiabilityAmt
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt$164,412,453TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Net Unrealized Gains Invst$251,022NetUnrealizedGainsInvstAmt
Donated Services And Use Fclts$0DonatedServicesAndUseFcltsAmt
Recoveries Prior Year Grants$0RecoveriesPriorYearGrantsAmt
Other Revenue$0OtherRevenueAmt
Revenue Not Reported$251,022RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal$164,161,431RevenueSubtotalAmt
Investment Expenses Not Incld$0InvestmentExpensesNotIncldAmt
Other Revenues Not Included$0OtherRevenuesNotIncludedAmt
Revenue Not Reported Fincl Stmt$0RevenueNotReportedFinclStmtAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990$164,161,431TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt$210,462,008TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Donated Services Use Fclts$0DonatedServicesUseFcltsAmt
Prior Year Adjustments$0PriorYearAdjustmentsAmt
Losses Reported$0LossesReportedAmt
Other Expenses Included$0OtherExpensesIncludedAmt
Expenses Not Reported$0ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal$210,462,008ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Investment Expenses Not Incld2$0InvestmentExpensesNotIncld2Amt
Other Expenses Not Included$0OtherExpensesNotIncludedAmt
Expenses Not Rpt Fincl Stmt$0ExpensesNotRptFinclStmtAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990$210,462,008TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Form And Line ReferenceSchedule D, Part IV, Line 2bFormAndLineReferenceDesc
ExplanationCustomers may be required to make deposits prior to 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. Certain customers are required to deposit cash collateral for provision of transmission or energy market services that are also held in custodial accounts.ExplanationTxt

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
First Class Or Charter TravelYes (X)FirstClassOrCharterTravelInd
Travel For CompanionsYes (X)TravelForCompanionsInd
Idemnification Gross Up PmtsYes (X)IdemnificationGrossUpPmtsInd
Written Policy Ref T And E ExpnssYes (1)WrittenPolicyRefTAndEExpnssInd
Substantiation RequiredYes (1)SubstantiationRequiredInd
Compensation SurveyYes (X)CompensationSurveyInd
Board Or Committee ApprovalYes (X)BoardOrCommitteeApprovalInd
Severance Payment0SeverancePaymentInd
Supplemental Nonqual Rtr PlanYes (1)SupplementalNonqualRtrPlanInd
Equity Based Comp Arrngm0EquityBasedCompArrngmInd

Rltd Org Officer Trst Key Empl RltdOrgOfficerTrstKeyEmplGrp (18 entries)

TitleTitleTxtBase Compensation Filing OrgBaseCompensationFilingOrgAmtCompensation Based On Rltd OrgsCompensationBasedOnRltdOrgsAmtBonus Filing OrganizationBonusFilingOrganizationAmountBonus Related OrganizationsBonusRelatedOrganizationsAmtOther Compensation Filing OrgOtherCompensationFilingOrgAmtOther Compensation Rltd OrgsOtherCompensationRltdOrgsAmtDeferred Compensation Flng OrgDeferredCompensationFlngOrgAmtDeferred Comp Rltd OrgsDeferredCompRltdOrgsAmtNontaxable Benefits Filing OrgNontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgAmtNontaxable Benefits Rltd OrgsNontaxableBenefitsRltdOrgsAmtTotal Compensation Filing OrgTotalCompensationFilingOrgAmtTotal Compensation Rltd OrgsTotalCompensationRltdOrgsAmtComp Report Prior990 Filing OrgCompReportPrior990FilingOrgAmtComp Report Prior990 Rltd OrgsCompReportPrior990RltdOrgsAmt
Nicholas Brown
President and CEO$497,253$0$392,302$0$893,759$0$93,194$0$16,191$0$1,892,699$0$890,096$0
Carl Monroe
Executive Vice President and COO$346,003$0$315,000$0$442,788$0$99,764$0$14,850$0$1,218,405$0$439,524$0
Paul Suskie
Executive Vice President Regulatory Policy and General Counsel$260,871$0$226,000$0$1,558$0$36,204$0$20,979$0$545,612$0$0$0
Bruce Rew
Vice President - Operations$239,869$0$250,000$0$1,568$0$70,912$0$19,170$0$581,519$0$0$0
Lanny Nickell
Vice President - Engineering$238,371$0$187,000$0$1,515$0$44,654$0$23,381$0$494,921$0$0$0
Barbara Sugg
Vice President - Information Technology$240,137$0$207,000$0$1,603$0$88,109$0$18,903$0$555,752$0$0$0
Michael Desselle
Vice President - Process Integrity$232,637$0$151,000$0$1,768$0$46,532$0$16,294$0$448,231$0$0$0
Thomas Dunn
Senior Vice President Finance and CFO$259,243$0$186,000$0$1,605$0$55,147$0$6,269$0$508,264$0$0$0
Stacy Duckett
Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer$223,142$0$146,000$0$1,449$0$50,115$0$7,070$0$427,776$0$0$0
Ronald Ciesiel
General Manager - Regional Entity$253,549$0$93,000$0$2,365$0$104,900$0$17,778$0$471,592$0$0$0
Ralph Chapman Jr
Director - IT Enterprise Operations$176,839$0$49,400$0$1,401$0$30,702$0$22,723$0$281,065$0$0$0
John Sam Ellis
Director - Markets Administration$173,962$0$117,500$0$1,134$0$36,208$0$9,157$0$337,961$0$0$0
Don Shipley
Director - System Operations$161,851$0$66,800$0$1,198$0$32,335$0$5,923$0$268,107$0$0$0
Phillip Bruich
Director - Settlements$168,957$0$82,300$0$1,099$0$42,042$0$21,189$0$315,587$0$0$0
Richard Dillon
Director - Market Design$178,171$0$61,600$0$1,365$0$46,809$0$23,042$0$310,987$0$0$0
Charles Yeung
Executive Director - Interregional Affairs$186,258$0$47,900$0$1,220$0$29,752$0$20,805$0$285,935$0$0$0
Bert Bressers
Director - Operations Support$169,461$0$61,800$0$1,558$0$56,162$0$14,832$0$303,813$0$0$0
Leonard Pat Bourne
Director - Transmission Policy$181,753$0$47,100$0$2,467$0$32,839$0$17,213$0$281,372$0$0

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (3 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
Schedule J, Part I, Line 1aSPP executives and management level personnel periodically use private plans or charter travel for business purposes. Occasionally, Nicholas Brown (CEO and President) is accompanied by his spouse when traveling for business purposes. The costs related to this travel are paid by Southwest Power Pool. Also, all employees of the organization who are eligible to receive benefits are provided an insurance credit which is grossed-up for payroll purposes and reported as taxable compensation.
Schedule 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 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, reviews the recommendations and documentation and approves any compensation adjustments for the SPP President. This annual review is conducted every January.
Schedule 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. The participants received full pay-out from the plan during 2014 as shown in Part II, column (F).

Schedule L IRS990ScheduleL

Bus Tr Involve Interested Prsn BusTrInvolveInterestedPrsnGrp (2 entries)

Relationship DescriptionRelationshipDescriptionTxtTransactionTransactionAmtTransactionTransactionDescSharing Of RevenuesSharingOfRevenuesInd
Thomas Dunn
SVP Finance & CFO$7,488See Part V below0
Nicholas Brown
President & CEO$7,487See Part V below0

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Form And Line ReferenceSchedule L, Part IVFormAndLineReferenceDesc
ExplanationNicholas Brown, CEO and President and Tom Dunn, CFO are co-owners of Off We Go LLC, a corporation holding ownership of 4-seat propeller driven private aircraft that is used for business purposes.ExplanationTxt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (9 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990, Part I, Line 10Part I, Lines 10, 11, 12, 15, 17, and 18 for prior year (2013) - In 2014, Southwest Power Pool, Inc. corrected an error in presenting its postretirement healthcare plan. The assets intended to fund the benefits are held in an agency account at a trust company and not in a formally established trust. Based on this correction, assets and and liabilities of Southwest Power Pool's noncontributory defined benefit postretirement health care plan as of December 31, 2013 were restated on a gross basis as long term assets and liabilities, respectively. Southwest Power Pool, Inc. previously reported these assets and liabilities on a net basis. Reclassification of the balances as of December 31, 2013 to conform to the 2014 presentation had no impact on equity. The addition of the incremental benefit cost and earnings and expenses of the agency assets for the year ended December 31, 2013 resulted in an offsetting adjustment to the change in funded status of employee benefit plans with no impact to net loss previously reported.
Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 2Nicholas Brown, CEO and President and Tom Dunn, CFO are co-owners of Off We Go LLC, a corporation holding ownership of 4-seat propeller driven private aircraft that is used for business purposes.
Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 6The organization consists of members.
Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 7aMembers are responsible for electing the independent positions of Board of Directors.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11bData is accumulated from various sources and entered in the 990 forms by accounting staff. The form is then reviewed by the Accounting Manager and the Controller prior to submission to the CFO for final concurrence.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12cAll employees are required to read the code of conduct, which contains the conflict of interest policy, on an annual basis. The employee electronically confirms that he or she has read and agrees to abide by the policy. SPP monitors this process electronically.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15The 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 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, reviews 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.
Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19Governing documents and financial statements are available on the spp.org website.
Form 990, Part X, Line 2Part X, Column (A), Lines 2, 9, 11, 15, 16, 25 and 26 - In 2014, Southwest Power Pool, Inc. corrected an error in presenting its postretirement healthcare plan. The assets intended to fund the benefits are held in an agency account at a trust company and not in a formally established trust. Based on this correction, assets and and liabilities of Southwest Power Pool's noncontributory defined benefit postretirement health care plan as of December 31, 2013 were restated on a gross basis as long term assets and liabilities, respectively. Southwest Power Pool, Inc. previously reported these assets and liabilities on a net basis. Reclassification of the balances as of December 31, 2013 to conform to the 2014 presentation had no impact on equity. The addition of the incremental benefit cost and earnings and expenses of the agency assets for the year ended December 31, 2013 resulted in an offsetting adjustment to the change in funded status of employee benefit plans with no impact to net loss previously reported.