SPP’s Corporate Governance Committee last week approved nominations for several open positions on stakeholder groups. The nominations will go before the Board of Directors on Jan. 26 for final approval.

Members selected Sunflower Electric Power’s Al Tamimi and NextEra Energy’s Matt Pawlowski to fill contested open positions on the Finance Committee. Tamimi, a familiar face for years in SPP stakeholder meetings, will represent the transmission-owning (TO) sector and Pawlowski the transmission-using (TU) sector.

The CGC also approved Oklahoma Gas & Electric’s Usha Turner as an investor-owned utility sector representative on the Members Committee. She replaces Greg McAuley, who left OG&E in December to return to his native Florida.

Turner, director of federal and regional policy for the utility, said she has absorbed McAuley’s RTO policy responsibilities into her existing role.

OGE Energy’s Scott Briggs and Arkansas Electric Cooperative’s Maria Bunting Smedley were recommended to fill positions on the Human Resources Committee representing the TO and TU sectors, respectively.

The CGC endorsed Northeast Texas Electric Cooperative CFO Caleb Head as chair of the Credit Practices Working Group.