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Six WAPA employees discuss the substation operations while standing next to a high-voltage circuit breaker.

New employees tour Ault Substation

WAPA plans to make site visits a regular offering for new employees to get them quickly engaged and interested in our mission-critical work.

A transmission tower stands near the horizon with a green field stretching into the foreground.

WAPA welcomes 12 new customers to four-state Loveland Area Projects

The Western Area Power Administration’s Rocky Mountain region added 12 new customers to its Loveland Area Projects portfolio, the most since 2004.

Lineman work from bucket trucks to set replacement wood pole H-frame structures approximately 80 feet in the air. Crews work in the foreground of the image with mountains in the background and a new housing development in the middle-ground.

WAPA upgrades power lines in Loveland, Colorado (video)

Originally built in the early 1950s, WAPA’s Flatiron-Valley 115-kV line has powered Loveland while the community built up around it. WAPA is updating structures for more clearance and better reliability.

Power lines in Upper Great Plains region suspended over green fields.

Six WAPA customers selected to pursue clean energy projects

AEPCO, Basin, CORE, Minnkota Power, Tri-State and United Power were selected as finalists for funding through the USDA’s New ERA program.

Power transmission towers lie on their sides in an open field.

WAPA crews spin up for South Dakota tornado response

WAPA crews responded to four destroyed and damaged transmission towers structures Aug. 28 after an EF-2 tornado touched down in South Dakota, resulting in $1.3 million of damage.

Electrical line crews install a brace for installation.

Flatiron Valley transmission upgrade tests WAPA’s urban craftsmanship

Crews from the Western Area Power Administration’s Rocky Mountain region worked to upgrade a 115-kilovolt transmission line that feeds power to consumers throughout the Loveland, Colorado, area.

Steele monopole transmission structures in a line beginning near the center of the image trailing backward towards the horizon near the bottom of the image. Dry brown mountains are seen in the background. White beekeeper boxes can be seen in the foreground of the image.

20 years of Path 15

Path 15 public private partnership enhanced the transmission grid.

Mobile substation transformer on a trailer parked at WAPA's Cody maintenance facility, used for hands-on training during the Cody Hotline School.

Cody Hotline School shapes the future of electrical safety, operations

WAPA’s Cody Hotline School equips linemen with the technical skills for safe operations, combining hands-on training and industry expertise to enhance electrical safety.

Image shows greenish water flowing out from the bottom of Glen Canyon Dam. Reddish rock walls rise in the background and on the right side, and the concrete wall of the dam fills the left side. White water sprays out of two large bypass tubes on the far side of the river.

WAPA navigates costs of countering smallmouth bass

WAPA collaborates to counter invasive smallmouth bass in the Grand Canyon, balancing environmental protection with the challenges of maintaining hydropower generation.