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Western Power Pool is hiring an Operations Analyst to join our team in Portland, OR!

Key Details:

• Pay: $108,328 - $115,714/year DOE

• Location: Remote in select states - must reside in: AZ, OR, WA, UT, NV, CA, WY, MT, ID, NM, CO, El Paso TX

• Schedule: Full-time, Monday – Friday, 8am – 5pm PPT

• On-Call: One week, Monday – Monda…

10-Year Horizon Report Identifies More than 12,600 Miles of Projects to Respond to Changing Needs of Western Grid

PORTLAND, Ore. – The West needs more than 12,600 miles of high-voltage transmission additions or upgrades to meet the region’s forecasted energy needs by 2035, according to the results of the Western Transm…

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What is WestTEC? 

WestTEC is an unprecedented partnership among diverse sectors of the energy industry, States and Tribes, environmental groups and project developers, that is focused on addressing urgent interregional transmission needs across the Western states. It is facilitated by the Western Power Pool …

With these commitments, we have secured a critical mass of participants to move forward with our first binding season in Winter 2027/28. This is a significant moment for the Western Resource Adequacy Program and a result of six years of hard work and collaboration among many stakeholders throughout the West.

The partic…

The Western U.S. is facing challenges to its energy infrastructure, including an aging transmission system and the need for reliable, affordable, and sustainable energy solutions. In response, the Western Transmission Expansion Coalition (WestTEC) is leading an industry effort to develop a 10- and 20-year transmission…

Participants in the Western Resource Adequacy Program (WRAP) published a letter today in which they stated they will not elect to move to a binding program in Summer 2026. Instead, participants will propose a revised WRAP transition plan with the goal of beginning a binding program in 2027.

We have worked closely w…