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PORTLAND, OR – The Western Resource Adequacy Program (WRAP), administered by the NWPP, is pleased to announce that it has entered the first stage of program implementation, Phase 3A.

This non-binding phase welcomes eight new participants to the WRAP. The participants in Phase 3A of the WRAP are: Arizona Public Serv…

Current participants in the Western Resource Adequacy Program. All will be part of binding operations beginning in Winter 2027/2028 unless otherwise noted.

• Arizona Public Service Company

• Avista Corp

• Bonneville Power Administration

• Calpine Energy Solutions*

• PUD No. 1 of Chelan County  

• Clatskanie People’s Utility District

• COR…

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 …

PORTLAND, OR – The Western Resource Adequacy Program (WRAP), administered by the Northwest Power Pool (NWPP), has completed the primary design phase of the program development and is gearing up to implement the first stage of its program in which program participants will commit to meeting a common resource adequacy p…

In the final two episodes of our Ask Geoff series, Geoff answers these questions:

• Who can use the operations program, and what is the purpose of it? (1m 00s)
• Is the RA program a market like EIM or EDAM? How will it interact with them? (0m 53s)

Geoffrey Moore previously served on the NWPP Resource Adequacy…

Moderator: Commissioner Ann Rendahl, Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission

Panelists: Stefan Bird, Pacific Power
Steve Wright, Chelan Public Utility District
Jason Thackston, Avista
Frank Lawson, Eugene Water and Electric Board
Robert Rowe, Northwestern Energy

Moderator: Rebecca Sexton, Sapere Consulting

Panelists: Gregg Carrington, Northwest Power Pool
Mark Holman, Powerex
Robert Davis, Chelan Public Utility District
Sarah Edmonds, Portland General Electric

Moderator: Therese Hampton, Public Generating Pool

Panelists: Ben Kujala, Northwest Power and Conservation Council
Arne Olson, Energy and Environmental Economics, Inc.
Randy Hardy, Hardy Energy Consulting
Maury Galbraith, Western Interstate Energy Board
Branden Sudduth, Western Electricity Coordinating Council

Featuring Chairman Richard Glick, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

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…