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…
Episode 05 - NERC Lessons Learned Podcast
Breaker Failure Due to Multiple Reclose Events
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EPISODE TRANSCRIPT
Chris Sakr: Autonomous vehicles, or self-driving cars. Some say their hype is overblo…
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…
Episode 03 - NERC Lessons Learned Podcast
Current Drone Usage
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Chris Sakr:It's the not so distant future. You're riding home from a long day at work in your autonomous car, spacing out, and you loo…
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…
Northwest Regional Capacity Adequacy
Given the recent trend in decommissioning coal plants and increasing renewable integration, concerns have been raised about the adequacy of the Transmission system in the Northwest Region. In late 2018 the NWPP hired Don Johnson (on contract basis) to assist Gary Keenan to conduct an analysis of Transmission Adequacy …
Episode 02 - NERC Lessons Learned Podcast
Preparing Circuit Breakers for Operation in Cold Weather
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Chris Sakr:Did you know the human body can survive for up to 45 minutes in freezing water below 3…
Episode 01 - NERC Lessons Learned Podcast
Lesson Learned - Breaker Failure Due to Trip Coil Polarity
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Greg Park:From a system operator perspective, it is interesting to unders…
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…
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…