
New TIP Manager Shares Journey to WAPA
In March, WAPA named Paul Schwabe as senior vice president and Transmission Infrastructure Program manager.
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In March, WAPA named Paul Schwabe as senior vice president and Transmission Infrastructure Program manager.

The event was hosted by Equal Employment Specialist Peggy Wooten and moderated by Leadership Development Specialist Sarah P.

Chief Strategy Officer Kerry Whitford is working with senior leaders to develop WAPA’s 2030 strategic plan, the successor to Strategic Roadmap 2024.

In March, more than 25 linemen and communication technicians spent one week in a winter survival course.

On Feb. 23-24, WAPA’s Electric Power Training Center hosted its first-ever hybrid event: the 2022 Cybersecurity in Protective Relaying Workshop.

Rocky Mountain employees placed a mobile transformer into service at Kimball Substation in Kimball County, Nebraska.

In 2019, Michael Montoya was selected as senior vice president and chief information officer.

WAPA has massive repositories of data about its assets and operations. Most of it is housed in secure systems

The Department of Energy’s Office of Aviation Management hosts an annual aviation safety award program.

In December, Compliance Manager Mark Buchholz received the Midwest Reliability Organization’s Highly Effective Reliability Organizations Award.
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