News Releases

Shown is Glen Canyon Dam as seen from downstream. Glen Canyon Dam is located 15 miles upstream from Lees Ferry on the Colorado River. Glen Canyon Dam is part of the Colorado River Storage Project, CRSP.

SVP and Regional Manager selected for WAPA’s Colorado River Storage Project

The Western Area Power Administration selected Rodney Bailey as Senior Vice President and Regional Manager for the Colorado River Storage Project Management Center based in Montrose, Colorado.

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

New WAPA Chief of Staff selected

Erin Green, an attorney with WAPA, has been named the organization’s next Chief of Staff.

A transmission line in Sierra Nevada Region stretches across steel monopole structures shown in foreground with the San Luis, Reservoir in the distance.

WAPA’s Sierra Nevada region to pursue day-ahead market participation

WAPA’s Sierra Nevada region will pursue final negotiations toward full participation in the CAISO Extended Day-ahead Market.

Image of a steel-lattice transmission tower and power lines in a desert landscape with an electrical substation in the distance.

WAPA statement on Arizona G&T’s interest in joining CAISO Extended Day-ahead Market study

The Western Area Power Administration supports Arizona G&T Cooperatives’ recent announcement to pursue an ongoing study to assess the benefits of joining the California Independent System Operator’s Extended Day-Ahead Market.

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Federal agencies to buy renewable energy credits from small businesses and tribes

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Monday, May 20, 2024 CONTACT: Sandee Peebles, peebles@wapa.gov, 916-353-4454 LAKEWOOD, Colo. – The Western Area Power Administration today issued a Request for Proposals to purchase renewable energy certificates from small and minority-owned businesses and Indian Tribes. Up to 7,000 RECs per fiscal year will be purchased on behalf of the U.S. Department [...]

Western Area Power Administration Administrator and CEO Tracey A. LeBeau (third from right) provides testimony to the U.S. House Natural Resources Committee’s Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Subcommittee along with other federal agency representatives, May 16, 2024, in Washington D.C. LeBeau presented WAPA’s FY 2025 budget proposal to committee members for questions and feedback. (Courtesy photo)

WAPA Administrator testifies on organization’s FY 2025 budget request

Administrator and CEO Tracey A. LeBeau testified May 16 before the U.S. House Natural Resources Committee.

Photo of Glen Canyon Dam seen from down stream

WAPA’s transparency site updated with FY 2023 data

Today, Western Area Power Administration met its commitment to customers and stakeholders to update The Source website with financial and operational information for the past fiscal year, which included returning $75.6 million to the U.S. Treasury. WAPA has returned a total of $4.6 billion in the past 16 years.

WAPA approves one transmission rate across four projects in Desert Southwest

Today, the Western Area Power Administration approved a single set of formula rates for four major transmission projects located in WAPA’s Desert Southwest region. Through the One Transmission Rate initiative, or OTR, DSW has consolidated the transmission rates of the Parker-Davis Project, Intertie Project, Central Arizona Project and ED5-Palo Verde Hub Project.

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DOE & WAPA unveil $1.3B commitment to expand & strengthen the nation’s grid

On Monday, October 30th, 2023, Western Area Power Administration Administrator and CEO Tracey A. LeBeau joined U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm, DOE Grid Deployment Office Director Maria Robinson and other public and private entities to announce nearly $1.3 billion in DOE commitments to expanding and strengthening transmission lines across six states.

WAPA collaborates with GridLiance to explore congestion solutions, Boulder City, NV

Today, Western Area Power Administration and GridLiance, LLC, announced a joint memorandum of understanding to explore improvements to relieve bulk electric transmission system congestion in the area of Boulder City, Nevada.

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