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RA Symposium - What we know today

Panel 3 from the October 2nd Resource Adequacy Symposium, featuring Scott Kinney, Avista, Dan Kirschner, NW Gas Association, Ben Kujala, NW Power & Conservation Council, and Arne Olson, E3. These experts provide a comprehensive analysis from various perspectives on resource adequacy and integrated resource plans that …

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RA Symposium - Where are we heading?

Panel 4 from the October 2nd Resource Adequacy Symposium, featuring Mark Holman, Powerex, Gregg Carrington, Chelan County PUD, and Rick Link, PacifiCorp. These industry professionals share findings of the analysis of regional resource adequacy assessments, and provide insights on the design elements for a successful r…

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RA Symposium - Owning the Solution

Panel 5 from the October 2nd Resource Adequacy Symposium, featuring Steve Wright, Chelan County PUD, Maria Pope, Portland General Electric, and Elliot Mainzer, Bonneville Power Administration. These leaders reflected on the events of the day and shared thoughts on what it will take, along with possible next steps, to …

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Resource Adequacy Symposium Introduction

Opening video for the Resource Adequacy Symposium held on October 2, 2019. Featuring Debra Smith, CEO/General Manager, Seattle City Light, Jason Thackston, Vice President of Energy Resources, Avista, and Larry Bekkedahl, Vice President, Grid Architecture, Portland General Electric.

Directed and edited by Christophe…

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Resource Adequacy docuseries, Episode 3

Episode 3 of an educational docuseries on the topic of resource adequacy presented by Northwest Power Pool. Featuring John Fazio, Senior Systems Analyst of Northwest Power and Conservation Council, Therese Hampton, Executive Director of Public Generating Pool, Larry Bekkedahl, Vice President, Grid Architecture, Portla…

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Resource Adequacy docuseries, Episode 2

Episode 2 of an educational docuseries on the topic of resource adequacy presented by Northwest Power Pool. Featuring John Fazio, Senior Systems Analyst of Northwest Power and Conservation Council, Therese Hampton, Executive Director of Public Generating Pool, and Greg Delwiche, fmr Deputy Administrator, Bonneville Po…

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Resource Adequacy docuseries, Episode 1

Episode 1 of an educational docuseries on the topic of resource adequacy presented by Northwest Power Pool. Featuring John Fazio, Senior Systems Analyst of Northwest Power and Conservation Council. 

Directed, produced, and edited by David Pennington. Additional editing by Christopher Sakr. Music, sound design, and …

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2019 Second Quarter Update

This quarterly update includes news on the coordinated Resource Adequacy effort, NWPP outreach opportunities, committee and workgroup expansion, eTraining progress report, and a spotlight on NWPP personnel.

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Resource Adequacy Symposium

Save the date: On October 2, 2019, Northwest Power Pool will be hosting a regional Resource Adequacy Symposium in Portland, Oregon. Registration is now open, and details on agenda are forthcoming.

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Episode 03 - NERC Lessons Learned Podcast

Current Drone Usage

Below is the full transcript for this episode. If you'd like to review or follow along with the original .pdf version of this NERC Lesson Learned, click here.

Chris Sakr:It's the not so distant future. You're riding home from a long day at work in your autonomous car, spacing out, and you loo…

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How do I register for a virtual classroom?

Northwest Power Pool virtual classrooms are live broadcasts available to NWPP Member personnel for NERC approved Continuing Eduction Hours (CEHs). They can be attended attend in person at our offices, or on the web through source.training.

I want to attend the classroom in person, and I have an nwpp.org account (no…

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Northwest Power Pool Operating Committee and Reserve Sharing Group Expands

[Portland, OR] – The Northwest Power Pool corporation (NWPP Corporation) is pleased to announce that, effective May 1, the membership of the Northwest Power Pool expanded to include two new Balancing Authorities—Western Area Power Administration’s Western Area Colorado-Missouri (WACM) and Xcel Energy-Colorado, doing b…