Arizona Storm Shines Spotlight on WAPA-Wide Teamwork
On July 17, a powerful microburst with 80 mile-per-hour winds uprooted trees and damaged multiple high-voltage transmission lines,
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L2I Program Participants Selected
In June, Administrator and CEO Tracey LeBeau announced the first participants of WAPA’s Leadership Learning Intensive, or L2I, Program.
WAPA Names Senior VP and General Counsel
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Sept. 28, 2022 CONTACT: Lisa Meiman, mediarelations@wapa.gov, 720.962.7411 Note: Lisa Meiman was a public affairs specialist. LAKEWOOD, Colo. — Ron Klinefelter has been selected as Western Area Power Administration’s senior vice president and General Council. Klinefelter has been acting in this position since Jan. 3; his official start date is Oct. 9. “I started […]
Study On Possible SPP RTO Expansion Shows Promise, Informs Next Steps
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Sept. 21, 2022 CONTACT: WAPA: Lisa Meiman, mediarelations@wapa.gov, 720.962.7411 Basin Electric: Tracie Bettenhausen, TBettenhausen@bepc.com, 701.557.5789 Colorado Springs Utilities: Steve Berry, sberry@csu.org, 719.668.3848 Tri-State: Lee Boughey, lboughey@tristategt.org, 720.670.6696 LAKEWOOD, Colo.—Expanding the Southwest Power Pool Regional Transmission Organization into the Western Interconnection could produce a net total of $55 million to $73 million per […]
Open Mic Provides Innovative Learning Events
The Open Mic events are still new, and momentum continues to build since their inaugural session in December 2021.
WAPA Seeks Ideas to Improve Southwest Energy Delivery
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Sept. 19, 2022 CONTACT: Lisa Meiman, mediarelations@wapa.gov, 720.962.7411 LAKEWOOD, Colo. — Western Area Power Administration is looking for partners to improve energy delivery in the West and address congestion issues at WAPA’s Mead Substation in southern Nevada. Statements of interest may be submitted by project developers, electric utilities, federal power customers or others […]
Environmental Protection Specialist Wins Emerging Leader Award
In May, Environmental Protection Specialist Andrea Severson received the Emerging Leader Award from RMEL in Denver, Colorado.
WAPA Selects Executive VP and COO
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Sept. 15, 2022 CONTACT: Lisa Meiman, mediarelations@wapa.gov, 720.962.7411 LAKEWOOD, Colo. – Tina Ko has been named executive vice president and chief operating officer at Western Area Power Administration. She has been acting in the position since March and will assume the permanent role in early November upon final approval by the Department of Energy Office […]
WAPA Successfully Executes BIL Funding for Purchase Power
Western Area Power Administration is on track to fully expend the $500 million that the organization received from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.
Federal Hydropower Serves More Customers in Three Midwestern States
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Aug. 18, 2022 CONTACT: Lisa Meiman, mediarelations@wapa.gov, 720.962.7411 LAKEWOOD, Colorado – Eleven municipalities in Kansas and Nebraska and one military installation in Colorado have been approved to receive at-cost federal hydropower from Western Area Power Administration’s Loveland Area Projects starting Oct. 1, 2024. It is the largest addition of WAPA customers since the remarketing of […]