Public Affairs – Page 5 – Western Area Power Administration

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 […]

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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 […]

Get to know CRSP MC’s new manager

On May 22, Rodney Bailey became senior vice president and manager of the Colorado River Storage Project Management Center.

Electrofishing Keeps Green River Healthy

On April 25-26, Colorado River Storage Project Management Center staff assisted in the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources’ biannual trout electrofishing survey.

WAPA Joins with Tucson Electric Power to Rebuild Transmission Line

WAPA and Tucson Electric Power announced a joint participation agreement to rebuild approximately 60 miles of the Parker-Davis Project transmission system.

Estes Park Transmission Line Rebuild Beginning Aug. 1

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 25, 2022 CONTACT: Lisa Meiman, mediarelations[at]wapa.gov, 720.962.7411 LAKEWOOD, Colo. –Western Area Power Administration will start construction on a long-anticipated project to replace the power lines in the Town of Estes Park and Roosevelt National Forest in northern Colorado beginning Aug. 1. WAPA hired Barnard Construction Company, Inc., to replace two, 16-mile, wood transmission […]

WAPA Finalizes Rail Tie Wind Project Environmental Review, Approves Record of Decision

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 18, 2022 CONTACT: Eric Barendsen, mediarelations@wapa.gov, 303-704-0765 LAKEWOOD, Colorado – Today, Western Area Power Administration announced a record of decision (PDF), or ROD, approving the interconnection of the proposed Rail Tie Wind Project to WAPA’s transmission system. Over the past three years, WAPA has been evaluating two interconnection requests submitted by ConnectGen Albany […]