Resource Adequacy Symposium

Save the date: On October 2, 2019, Northwest Power Pool will be hosting a regional Resource Adequacy Symposium in Portland, Oregon. Registration is now open, and details on agenda are forthcoming.

Episode 03 - NERC Lessons Learned Podcast

Current Drone Usage

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: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 look up through the glass bubble overhead to a skyline filled with drones whizzing around. You're as accustomed to seeing this as we are to seeing power lines ove…

How do I register for a virtual classroom?

Northwest Power Pool virtual classrooms are live broadcasts available to NWPP Member personnel for NERC approved Continuing Eduction Hours (CEHs). They can be attended attend in person at our offices, or on the web through source.training.

I want to attend the classroom in person, and I have an nwpp.org account (not to be confused with a source.training account).

• Sign in to nwpp.org at https://www.nwpp.org/accounts/login/.
• Visit the events page at https://www.nwpp.org/events/.
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Northwest Power Pool Operating Committee and Reserve Sharing Group Ex…

[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 business in the state as Public Service of Colorado (PSCo).  WACM and PSCo expect to begin operating as members of the Reserve Sharing Group on August 1.

T…

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 32-1/2 degrees Fahrenheit? It's possible. Of course, lots of factors are at play. What kinds of clothes are you wearing? What's your body fat situation? Are you fully su…

2019 1st Quarter Update

Starting this year, NWPP is kicking off an all new quarterly video update that highlights recent milestones and current objectives. Check it out and let us know what you think.

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 in the NWPP foot-print. Don came to the Power Pool with over 40 years of experience in the Northwest and was previously hired by the US government to teach transmission planni…

How do Resources work?

On nwpp.org, documents of any kind are called "resources", and are represented by a square card surrounded in a colored border. The color is determined by the workgroup associated with the resource. A single resource can have as many as five documents available for download. Simply hover your cursor (or "mouseover") the resource card, and the document links will rise from the bottom. Click the links to download the document.

Not all resources can be seen by…

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 the eTraining course creation process.

At NVE, Jessica was a Senior Engineer in the Grid Operations department focused on training Transmission, Balancing Authority, and…

Episode 01 - NERC Lessons Learned Podcast

Lesson Learned - Breaker Failure Due to Trip Coil Polarity

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.

EPISODE TRANSCRIPT

Greg Park:From a system operator perspective, it is interesting to understand, or important to understand, that if you don't have a operational trip coil, you cannot open that breaker. You can't open it locally, can't open it remote…