Principal Regional Transmission Planning Engineer

Are you passionate about shaping the future of energy? Are you an experienced Transmission Planning Engineer, ready to impact work on a regional level? Do you love collaboration and leading projects? Have you been looking to combine these details into your dream role?

Well, you’re in the right place! Western Power Pool is hiring a Principal Regional Transmission Planning Engineer to join our team in Portland, OR!

Key Details:

• Pay: $141,850 – $161,200/year DOE
• Location: Remote in select …

Western Resource Adequacy Program (WRAP) Director

Are you passionate about shaping the future of energy? Do you have experience leading energy trading in the West? What about resource planning, acquisition, and resource adequacy? Have you been looking to combine these details into your dream role?

Well, you’re in the right place! Western Power Pool is hiring a Western Resource Adequacy Program (WRAP) Director to join our team in Portland, OR!

Key Details:

• Pay: $200,000 – $245,000/year DOE
• Location: Remote in select states - must reside within the …

WestTEC: A New Approach to Transmission Planning in the West

The Western U.S. is facing challenges to its energy infrastructure, including an aging transmission system and the need for reliable, affordable, and sustainable energy solutions. In response, the Western Transmission Expansion Coalition (WestTEC) is leading an industry effort to develop a 10- and 20-year transmission plan for the region by engaging stakeholders and fostering collaboration. WestTEC is committed to transparency and aims to address the region’s future transmission needs through t…

WRAP Momentum Continues with Board Approval of Tariff Changes, Busine…

PORTLAND, Ore. – The momentum continues for the Western Resource Adequacy Program (WRAP).

Weeks after the WRAP Resource Adequacy Participant Committee (RAPC) approved a revised transition plan, the Western Power Pool Board of Directors on Thursday took a series of actions to move the program further along. The Board voted to approve:

• Seven WRAP business practice manuals, completing the full set of documents that detail how the program will operate;
• A set of corrections to the W…

WestTEC Study Plan Gets Unanimous Approval

PORTLAND – The Western Transmission Expansion Coalition, or WestTEC, reached a significant milestone last week when the WestTEC Steering Committee unanimously approved the project’s Study Plan.

WestTEC is a West-wide effort to develop an actionable transmission study to support the needs of the future energy grid. It takes a new, unique approach that spans across the region and includes a broad swath of industry sectors, states and tribes.

“The Study Plan approval was th…

WRAP Committee Approves New Transition Plan, Looks to Summer 2027 Bin…

PORTLAND – A vote today by the Western Resource Adequacy Program’s Resource Adequacy Participant Committee (RAPC) paves the way for WRAP participants to enter a binding program in 2027.

RAPC members approved a new transition plan that outlines a gradual path to fully implement the WRAP. The plan pushes back the deadline to elect to go binding in 2027 and temporarily reduces charges when participants are short on capacity.

“The plan helps in three critical ways,” sa…

2024 Engineers Forum

The 2024 Engineers forum is just around the corner!  The Engineers Forum is open to all organizations who have a TPC membership with the WPP.   Please sign into your TPC account for all the details.  If you've got any questions, or are interested in attending but maybe aren't sure of who your TPC representative is at your organization, please feel free to reach out to Chelsea Loomis at the Power Pool.

The Engineers Forum is a 2-day event!  Day Two features a …

New Members Successfully Integrated into Northwest Power Pool Reserve…

Yearlong ‘tremendous’ effort culminates in cutover on May 1

PORTLAND, Ore. – After a yearlong complex implementation effort, 10 new members successfully joined operations of the Northwest Power Pool Reserve Sharing Group on May 1.

The new participants are former members of the Southwest Reserve Sharing Group, coming from Arizona, New Mexico, Southern Nevada, California’s Imperial Valley and Texas. They reached an agreement in June 2023 to join the NWPP Reserve Shar…

Western Power Pool Statement in Response to WRAP Participant Letter t…

Participants in the Western Resource Adequacy Program (WRAP) published a letter today in which they stated they will not elect to move to a binding program in Summer 2026. Instead, participants will propose a revised WRAP transition plan with the goal of beginning a binding program in 2027.

We have worked closely with participants as they considered this decision. WPP will continue working with them as they develop their revised transition proposal.

Our goal has always been to have a crit…

WestTEC Selects Members of REC, Filling Final Piece of Organizationa…

PORTLAND, Ore. – The Western Transmission Expansion Coalition, or WestTEC, has completed a major milestone in its organizational structure by selecting the members of its Regional Engagement Committee, or REC.

The REC is WestTEC’s primary stakeholder engagement group. It is responsible for reviewing proposals, scopes of work for technical studies and other deliverables, and for providing feedback and recommendations to the Steering Committee. The Steering Committee is WestTEC&rsq…