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What was the February 2021 cold weather event that resulted in load shed in ERCOT and SPP?

The polar vortex event was an extreme weather event that resulted in massive load shed in both ERCOT and the Southwest Powerpool. This event occurred due to a confluence of factors, including a failure to adequately winterize…

In the latest episodes of Ask Geoff, Geoff answers these viewer submitted questions:

• What happened in Texas, and how do those events relate to the NWPP RA Program? (1m 07s)
• What is the difference between the Reserve Sharing Program and the Resource Adequacy Program? (1m 05s)
• Are all hydro resources treated t…

Registration for the August 3, 2021 Northwest Power Pool Resource Adequacy Sympsium is now open.

In the latest episodes of Ask Geoff, Geoff definitively lays to rest any confusion about energy versus capacity:

• How do you define capacity, and how is it distinct from energy? (1m 18s)
• What does a "capacity RA program" mean?? (0m 48s)
• What do people mean when they say the NWPP RA program isn't an "energy RA…

PORTLAND, OR – The Northwest Power Pool (NWPP) and participating member utilities in the resource adequacy program development effort have released a detailed design of a resource adequacy program for interested utilities in the West.

“We are very excited to share with the region the progress we’ve made over the la…

Featuring Bill Drummond (Northwest Power Pool), Maria Pope (Portland General Electric), Debra Smith (Seattle City Light), John Hairston (Bonneville Power Administration), and Lisa Grow (Idaho Power Company)

PORTLAND, OR – Northwest Power Pool (NWPP) intends to hire Southwest Power Pool, Inc. (SPP) to provide program operator services in its effort to develop a resource adequacy program for interested utilities in the West.

In this role, SPP will work with the NWPP and its resource adequacy (RA) participants to help de…

Featuring Chairman Richard Glick, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission