2019 – Western Area Power Administration

WAPA Completes Transition to New Reliability Coordinators

WAPA successfully completed its transition to new reliability coordinators for its balancing authorities and transmission operators.

Folsom Gets Electric Service Upgrade

A cascading failure of a power distribution system caused a critical power outage at the Sierra Nevada office in Folsom, California.

Customers Weigh In On Fiber Optic Partnerships

WAPA hosted its final customer meeting on fiber optics partnership assessment Aug. 29.

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Taking to the Skies Saves Maintenance Dollars

WAPA’s Strategic Roadmap 2024 identifies Business, Technology and Organizational Excellence as a critical pathway toward optimizing operational effectiveness.

WAPA Named One of the Best Places to Work in Federal Government

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Dec. 17, 2019 CONTACT: Lisa Meiman, mediarelations@wapa.gov, 720-962-7411 LAKEWOOD, Colo. – Western Area Power Administration has been ranked in the top quartile of best places to work in the federal government based on results from a government-wide employee survey. “This news is not surprising to me,” said Administrator and CEO Mark A. Gabriel. “I have known […]

WAPA Reports Q3 Results

Mark A. Gabriel sent his quarterly memo to the Secretary of Energy outlining WAPA’s fiscal year 2019 second-quarter performance.

WAPA Completes Transition to New Reliability Coordinators

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Dec. 3, 2019 CONTACT: Lisa Meiman, mediarelations@wapa.gov, 720-962-7411 LAKEWOOD, Colo. – Western Area Power Administration has successfully completed its transition to new reliability coordinators for its balancing authorities and transmission operators in the Western Interconnection. Southwest Power Pool began providing RC services to WAPA’s Western Area Upper Great Plains – West, Western Area Colorado Missouri […]

WAPA Releases FY 2019 Annual Report

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Dec. 2, 2019 CONTACT: Lisa Meiman, mediarelations@wapa.gov, 720-962-7411 LAKEWOOD, Colo. – Western Area Power Administration published its Fiscal Year 2019 Annual Report titled “Investing in a Connected Future.” The report’s theme acknowledges the multitude of opportunities and existential changes facing the energy industry, and by extension, WAPA and its customers. Whether they are the […]