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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…

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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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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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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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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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Staff Spotlight - Jessica Zamonis

Due to the continued success and develoment of the NWPP source.training eLearning platform, the NWPP Corporation is pleased to announce the expansion of its training team with the addition of Jessica Zamonis. Mrs. Zamonis, previously of NV Energy, has been hired as the Training Coordinator and Technical Advisor for th…