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NWPP Quarterly Update Q4

Our 2019 4th quarter update takes a look back at the year that was.

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RA Symposium - Accelerating the conversation

Panel 2 from the October 2nd Resource Adequacy Symposium, featuring Nicole Hughes, Renewable Northwest, Senator Lee Beyer, Oregon, Jim Collins, Microsoft. This panel's conversation underscores the growing expectation for clean energy and achieving our environmental goals while maintaining highly reliable electric serv…

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2019 1st Quarter Update

Starting this year, NWPP is kicking off an all new quarterly video update that highlights recent milestones and current objectives. Check it out and let us know what you think.

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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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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…

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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 Resources work?

On nwpp.org, documents of any kind are called "resources", and are represented by a square card surrounded in a colored border. The color is determined by the workgroup associated with the resource. A single resource can have as many as five documents available for download. Simply hover your cursor (or "mouseover") t…

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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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NWPP Corporation Elects Bill Drummond Chairman of the Board of Directors

1 September 27, 2018
For more information, please contact:
Frank Afranji 503-445-1074 or Frank.Afranji@NWPP.com

Northwest Power Pool Corporation Elects Bill Drummond, Chairman of the Board of Directors

[PORTLAND, Ore.] – The Northwest Power Pool corporation (NWPP Corporation) announced today its Board of Dire…

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Northwest Regional Capacity Adequacy

Given the recent trend in decommissioning coal plants and increasing renewable integration, concerns have been raised about the adequacy of the Transmission system in the Northwest Region. In late 2018 the NWPP hired Don Johnson (on contract basis) to assist Gary Keenan to conduct an analysis of Transmission Adequacy …

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Episode 02 - NERC Lessons Learned Podcast

Preparing Circuit Breakers for Operation in Cold Weather

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:Did you know the human body can survive for up to 45 minutes in freezing water below 3…

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Episode 01 - NERC Lessons Learned Podcast

Lesson Learned - Breaker Failure Due to Trip Coil Polarity

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.

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Greg Park:From a system operator perspective, it is interesting to unders…