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PORTLAND, Ore. – The Western Transmission Expansion Coalition, or WestTEC, has completed a major milestone in its organizational structure by selecting the members of its Regional Engagement Committee, or REC.

The REC is WestTEC’s primary stakeholder engagement group. It is responsible for reviewing proposals, scop…

PORTLAND, Ore. – The Western Power Pool today announced that Public Service Company of New Mexico (PNM) has joined the Western Resource Adequacy Program, or WRAP. 

PNM’s participation expands the program’s overall footprint and region-wide collaboration and bolsters the desert southwest membership. 

“One of the …

[PORTLAND, Ore.] – The Northwest Power Pool Corporation (NWPP), the nonprofit that helps coordinate electric grid operations for the Northwestern United States and Western Canada, announced today the selection of Gregg Carrington as its new Chief Operating Officer (COO). As COO, Gregg will support regional program dev…

For more information, please contact: Bill Drummond, 406-544-0510 or WKDrummond@comcast.net

[PORTLAND, Ore.] – The Northwest Power Pool Corporation, doing business as the Western Power Pool (WPP), announced today its Board of Directors has selected Sarah Edmonds as President and CEO. WPP is a nonprofit corporation …

Update: Frank Afranji will be staying on board as NWPP President through approximately late March. 

PORTLAND, OR – Frank Afranji, President of the Northwest Power Pool Corporation (NWPP Corporation) announced today that he will be stepping down from that role and retiring in January 2022. Afranji has been the NWPP …

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The Northwest Power Pool (NWPP) is seeking a full-time engineer to join its transmission planning team. The engineer will develop power system models, analyze power systems, and contribute to the NWPP training materials. The NWPP is open to hiring an entry-level, mid-level or Senior Engineer depending on qua…

The Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the Northwest Power Pool corporation (NWPP Corporation) reports to the corporation president. The COO manages several of the technical and operational senior leads and their related staff members involved in coordinating a number of the primary Northwest Power Pool committee activi…

PREVENTING EEAS

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, visit: https://www.nerc.com/pa/rrm/ea/Lessons%20Learned%20Document%20Library/LL20200602_Preventing_EEAs.pdf

EPISODE TRANSCRIPT

Chris Sakr: My Uncle…

The Northwest Power Pool Corporation is doing its part to serve both the Membership and the electric industry in general throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Like WECC and many of our members, we are following the latest recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. For the immediate timeframe, NWP…

[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 b…

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For more information, please contact:
Frank Afranji 503-445-1074 or Frank.Afranji@NWPP.com

Northwest Power Pool Corporation Elects Bill Drummond, Chairman of the Board of Directors

[PORTLAND, Ore.] – The Northwest Power Pool corporation (NWPP Corporation) announced today its Board of Dire…