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WPP to be led by transmission expert Sarah Edmonds

For more information, please contact: Bill Drummond, 406-544-0510 or WKDrummond@comcast.net

[PORTLAND, Ore.] – The Northwest Power Pool Corporation, doing business as the Western Power Pool (WPP), announced today its Board of Directors has selected Sarah Edmonds as President and CEO. WPP is a nonprofit corporation …

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PNUCC forecast highlights need to address Resource Adequacy

WRAP cited as an example of working together to meet resource needs

Resource Adequacy is a key theme in the Pacific Northwest Utilities Conference Committee (PNUCC) 2022 Northwest Regional Forecast, which was released April 27.

With the transition to clean energy and growing customer demand for electricity, util…

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Recording of 2022.05.11 Public Webinar

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2022.06.30 WRAP Program Design Webinar

WRAP webinar focusing on transmission demonstration and exceptions, Forward Showing capacity requirement, and how loads participate along with a brief overall WRAP update.

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2022.07.25 WRAP Draft Tariff

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First Full Set of Non-Binding Data Highlights Importance of WRAP

PORTLAND, Ore. – Current participants in the Western Resource Adequacy Program (WRAP) project a changing resource mix within the next five years, according to the proposed resource portfolios analyzed for the first non-binding phase of the WRAP. The modeling and its resulting set of metrics, including increasing requi…

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Recording of 2022.09.20 Public Webinar - Preliminary WRAP Data

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NWPP Announces Rebrand to Western Power Pool

PORTLAND, OR - Throughout its evolution over the last 80 years, the Northwest Power Pool (NWPP) has cooperatively addressed the present needs of the region, as it continues to do with today's unique challenges. The industry and the region rely on the NWPP to provide reserve sharing, operational collaboration, and trai…

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2021 Annual Retrospective

A review of the accomplishments and milestones of 2021, and an overview of the changes and objectives for 2022 and beyond.

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NWPP President Frank Afranji Announces Retirement

Update: Frank Afranji will be staying on board as NWPP President through approximately late March. 

PORTLAND, OR – Frank Afranji, President of the Northwest Power Pool Corporation (NWPP Corporation) announced today that he will be stepping down from that role and retiring in January 2022. Afranji has been the NWPP …

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Sector Contacts for Nominating Committee and Program Review Committee

The NWPP hosted a public meeting on January 12, 2022 to begin the process of standing up the Nominating Committee and WRAP Program Review Committee. In this meeting, some sectors had volunteers to lead their sector self-organization. If you are part of the following sectors and would like to be involved, please reach …

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NERC Lessons Learned - Episode 8

SINGLE PHASE FAULT PRECIPITATES LOSS OF GENERATION AND LOAD

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, visit: https://www.nerc.com/pa/rrm/ea/Lessons%20Learned%20Document%20Library/LL20201001_Single_Phase_Fault_Pr…