Recording of 2022.02.04 Public Webinar

Recording of 2022.01.26 Public Webinar

WRAP working to stand up the Program Review Committee and Nominating …

PORTLAND, OR - The Western Resource Adequacy Program (WRAP) is taking the first steps toward standing up the Program Review Committee and Nominating Committee.

Program Review Committee (PRC)

The PRC is a stakeholder-based sector representative group; in the future FERC-jurisdictional binding program the PRC will be charged with receiving, considering, and proposing design changes to the WRAP, and will serve as the clearing house for most recommended design changes. These recommended …

WRAP Announces Full Participation of Phase 3A

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 Service, Avangrid, Avista, Black Hills Energy, Basin Electric Power Cooperative, Bonneville Power Administration, Calpine, Chelan PUD, Clatskanie PUD, Douglas PUD, Eugene Water a…

Recording of 2021.11.17 WRAP Public Webinar

WRAP Area Map

• Arizona Public Service Company
• Avista Corp
• Bonneville Power Administration
• Calpine Energy Solutions
• PUD No. 1 of Chelan County  
• Clatskanie People’s Utility District
• Eugene Water & Electric Board
• PUD #2 of Grant County  
• Idaho Power
• NorthWestern Energy
• NV Energy
• PacifiCorp
• Portland General Electric Company
• Powerex Corp.
• Public Service Company of New Mexico
• Puget Sound Energy
• Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District
• Seattle City Light
• Shell Energy North America
• PUD No. 1 of Snoh…

WRAP Reaches Next Major Milestone

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 planning standard.

“We have reached a major milestone in our effort to stand up a resource adequacy program in the West,” said Frank Afranji, president of …

Ask Geoff! Episodes 14 & 15

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 Steering Committee, representing Portland General Electric. If you have resource adequacy questions, email inquiries@nwpp.org.

Recording of 2021.08.12 LSE Info Forum

2021 RA Symposium - Executive Panel

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