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NWPP Corporation Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic

The Northwest Power Pool Corporation is doing its part to serve both the Membership and the electric industry in general throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Like WECC and many of our members, we are following the latest recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. For the immediate timeframe, NWP…

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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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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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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…

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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…