Arizona Non-Profit Utilities Form New Joint Action Agency, Southwest Public Power Agency, Inc.

August 14, 2014

Spiegel’s Margaret McGoldrick has worked closely with a group of Arizona electrical districts, irrigation districts, tribal utilities and municipal utilities in their efforts to form the Southwest Public Power Agency (SPPA). As a joint action agency and operator of a pooling project, SPPA will work to maximize the value of its members’ power resources and create opportunities to obtain additional affordable power supply resources for SPPA members. SPPA members collectively deliver electricity to approximately 79,000 customers over an area of 41,723 square miles mostly in rural Arizona. For more information see SPPA’s press release below.