Resource Adequacy Analyst
Skilled in resource adequacy, compliance analysis, and working with utility data? Put your expertise to work supporting grid reliability across the West.
Western Power Pool is hiring a Resource Adequacy Analyst to join our team!
Key Details:
Pay: $98,000 – $111,250/year DOE
Location: Remote in select states - must reside…
Senior Resource Adequacy Analyst
Bring deep resource adequacy and energy market expertise? Take ownership of complex compliance analysis supporting Western grid reliability.
Western Power Pool is hiring a Senior Resource Adequacy Analyst to join our team!
Key Details:
Pay: $112,600 – $128,000/year DOE
Location: Remote in select states - must reside wit…
WestTEC 10-Year Study FAQs
Background
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 …
WRAP Area Map
Current participants in the Western Resource Adequacy Program. All will be part of binding operations beginning in Winter 2027/2028 unless otherwise noted.
- Arizona Public Service Company
- Avista Corp
- Bonneville Power Administration
- Calpine Energy Solutions*
- PUD No. 1 of Chelan County
- Clatskanie People’s Utility District
- COR…
Energy GPS Issues Special Report on WRAP
Energy industry analysts Energy GPS turned their attention to the Western Resource Adequacy Program (WRAP) in January for Special Report, a 10-page primer on the RA program led by Western Power Pool.
Energy GPS Principal Tim Belden said the report was moved from behind the subscription-only paywall because it is such …
West Needs Significant Transmission Upgrades by 2035, WestTEC Study Shows
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…
WPP Notice to WRAP Resource Adequacy Participants Committee
On Friday, October 31, WPP Chief Strategy Officer Rebecca Sexton sent this notice to members of the WRAP Resource Adequacy Participants Committee, regarding participants committed to WRAP binding operations in Winter 2027/2028:
Today is the deadline set in the tariff for Western Resource Adequacy Program (WRAP) partici…
WPP Board Responds to Portland General Electric Letter
On October 17, the WPP Board of Directors sent a letter to Portland General Electric about the Western Resource Adequacy Program (WRAP). The letter was a response to one the Board received from Portland General Electric on October 13. Both letters are included here.
WPP Board Responds to PacifiCorp Letter
On October 8, the WPP Board of Directors sent a letter to PacifiCorp about the Western Resource Adequacy Program (WRAP). The letter was a response to one the Board received from PacifiCorp on September 30. Both letters are included here.
Joint Statement: Commitment to the Western Resource Adequacy Program (WRAP)
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…
WRAP FAQs
Updated March 2022
What is the WRAP?
The Western Resource Adequacy Program (WRAP) is the first regional reliability planning and compliance program in the history of the West.
It will deliver a region-wide approach for assessing and addressing resource adequacy and provide an important step forward for reliability in the…