New HR Award Recognizes Strategic Partnership
In August, the Power Marketing Administration Human Resources Shared Service Center launched the HR Strategic Partnership Award
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Opening Our Eyes to DEI
DEI: diversity, equity and inclusion. We’ve heard these words often; they might just be the second most popular phrase this past year, next to “in these unprecedented times.”
Human Performance Enhances Safety Culutre
As WAPA’s Human Performance Improvement/Just Culture Program gains traction, Human Performance Program Manager Krystall Valencia is interested in better educating employees on how the program benefits them.
Third CLDP Cohort Underway
The third cohort of WAPA’s two-year Craft Leadership Development Program is underway.
RM Manager shares 30-year journey to WAPA
On Aug. 1, WAPA welcomed Bart Barnhart as senior vice president and Rocky Mountain regional manager.
DSW announces it plans to join the EIM
FOLSOM, Calif. – The Western Energy Imbalance Market (EIM) is set to welcome a
new member, as the California Independent System Operator (ISO) signed an
implementation agreement yesterday with the Western Area Power Administration
Desert Southwest (WAPA DSW) region to participate in the real-time energy market in
2023
WAPA and USDA Forest Service partner to reduce wildfire threat
https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/r2/news-events/?cid=FSEPRD953616 Release Date: Sep 17, 2021 Contact(s): Donna Nemeth, Eric Barendsen DENVER, Colo., September 17, 2021 – The Forest Service has issued new transmission line permits to the United States Department of Energy’s Western Area Power Administration (WAPA) to reduce the threat of wildfire ignitions from transmission lines while minimizing the potential for power outages. The permits allow for […]
Experiment Takes Aim at Smallmouth Bass
Invasive fishes and woody plants. Declining Colorado pikeminnow numbers. Struggling razorback sucker larvae.
Get to Know WAPA’s CAO
In 2020, Jennifer Rodgers was selected as WAPA’s senior vice president and chief administrative officer.
Exceptional Employees Honored
The ESAs recognize those who excel in technical competency, enthusiasm, innovation and commitment to bettering themselves and WAPA.