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Recording of 2022.09.20 Public Webinar - Preliminary WRAP Data

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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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NWPP President Frank Afranji Announces Retirement

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 …

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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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RA Symposium - Accelerating the conversation

Panel 2 from the October 2nd Resource Adequacy Symposium, featuring Nicole Hughes, Renewable Northwest, Senator Lee Beyer, Oregon, Jim Collins, Microsoft. This panel's conversation underscores the growing expectation for clean energy and achieving our environmental goals while maintaining highly reliable electric serv…

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2019 Second Quarter Update

This quarterly update includes news on the coordinated Resource Adequacy effort, NWPP outreach opportunities, committee and workgroup expansion, eTraining progress report, and a spotlight on NWPP personnel.