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In this new lightweight series from NWPP, Geoffrey Moore (PGE) answers stakeholder questions about the development of the NWPP Resource Adequacy Program in 60 seconds or less. The first 3 episodes cover these questions:

• How is the forward showing program distinct from typical utility forecasting?
• What is meant…

In this latest batch of our Ask Geoff webseries, Geoffrey Moore (PGE) answers stakeholder questions about the development of the NWPP Resource Adequacy Program in roughly 60 seconds or less. Episodes 4, 5, and 6 explore questions related to the NWPP RA Interim Solution.

Geoffrey Moore serves on the NWPP Resource Ad…

In the latest episodes of Ask Geoff, Geoff answers these viewer submitted questions:

• What happened in Texas, and how do those events relate to the NWPP RA Program? (1m 07s)
• What is the difference between the Reserve Sharing Program and the Resource Adequacy Program? (1m 05s)
• Are all hydro resources treated t…

Registration for the August 3, 2021 Northwest Power Pool Resource Adequacy Sympsium is now open.

In the latest episodes of Ask Geoff, Geoff definitively lays to rest any confusion about energy versus capacity:

• How do you define capacity, and how is it distinct from energy? (1m 18s)
• What does a "capacity RA program" mean?? (0m 48s)
• What do people mean when they say the NWPP RA program isn't an "energy RA…

Featuring Bill Drummond (Northwest Power Pool), Maria Pope (Portland General Electric), Debra Smith (Seattle City Light), John Hairston (Bonneville Power Administration), and Lisa Grow (Idaho Power Company)

Featuring Chairman Richard Glick, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Moderator: Therese Hampton, Public Generating Pool

Panelists: Ben Kujala, Northwest Power and Conservation Council
Arne Olson, Energy and Environmental Economics, Inc.
Randy Hardy, Hardy Energy Consulting
Maury Galbraith, Western Interstate Energy Board
Branden Sudduth, Western Electricity Coordinating Council

Moderator: Rebecca Sexton, Sapere Consulting

Panelists: Gregg Carrington, Northwest Power Pool
Mark Holman, Powerex
Robert Davis, Chelan Public Utility District
Sarah Edmonds, Portland General Electric

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

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…