
DSW goes live in Western Energy Imbalance Market
On April 5, WAPA entered the California Independent System Operator’s WEIM.
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Western Area Power Administration
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On April 5, WAPA entered the California Independent System Operator’s WEIM.

Though articles and videos, employees share how they contribute to WAPA’s mission and strategy.

More than 40 of WAPA’s front-line workforce graduated from our first formalized UAS training program.

Safe spring cleaning. Spring is here, and for many it is a fitting time to organize and clean their homes and workspaces.

With record snowfalls pounding communities across northern California, WAPA’s Sierra Nevada crews continue to battle Mother Nature’s challenges to the area’s energy grid.

WAPA has taken an innovative step towards better protecting the electrical transmission system from the risks of space weather caused by our favorite star: the sun.

Cheryl Reese has led the Power Marketing Administrations Human Resources Shared Service Center since 2021.

Nov. 10, 2021, would be anything but normal for the 12-plus-year pilot. It would be the day Schuck cheated death.

WAPA hosted its annual customer meeting, a hybrid session based out of the Headquarters office in Lakewood, Colorado.

WAPA’s Power Forward 2030 plan can align individual programs.
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