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Western Area Power Administration sells power to more than 684 firm and non-firm wholesale power customers, including cities and towns, rural electric cooperatives, public utility and irrigation districts.

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Our Regions

The Western Area Power Administration annually markets and delivers more than 25,000 gigawatt-hours of reliable, cost-based hydropower from power plants at 57​ Federal dams to rural electric cooperatives, municipalities, public utility districts, Federal and state agencies, Native American tribes and irrigation districts.

Western Area Power Administration employees conduct power sales, transmission operations and maintenance and engineering services at 51 duty stations throughout our service area.

Our main offices include a Headquarters office in Lakewood, Colorado; regional offices in Billings, MontanaLoveland, ColoradoPhoenix, Arizona; and Folsom, California; and the Colorado River Storage Project Management Center in ​Montrose, Colorado.

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Last modified on September 29th, 2024