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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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What is the Reserve Sharing Program?

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Open Position - Transmission Planning Engineer

Overview
The Northwest Power Pool (NWPP) is seeking a full-time engineer to join its transmission planning team. The engineer will develop power system models, analyze power systems, and contribute to the NWPP training materials. The NWPP is open to hiring an entry-level, mid-level or Senior Engineer depending on qua…

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Open Position - Chief Operating Officer (COO) - Portland, OR

The Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the Northwest Power Pool corporation (NWPP Corporation) reports to the corporation president. The COO manages several of the technical and operational senior leads and their related staff members involved in coordinating a number of the primary Northwest Power Pool committee activi…

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Episode 06 - NERC Lessons Learned Podcast

PREVENTING EEAS

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/LL20200602_Preventing_EEAs.pdf

EPISODE TRANSCRIPT

Chris Sakr: My Uncle…

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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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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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How Northwest Utilities Harness Diversity for Efficient Compliance

How Northwest Utilities Harness Diversity for Efficient Compliance

by Sarah Dennison-Leonard

Introduction

The region known as the Northwest Power Pool spans an area encompassing Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Nevada, Utah, portions of Montana, Wyoming, and northern California, and the Canadian provinces of Britis…