New Senior VP Selected to Manage Congressional, Industry Relations

​FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Feb. 5, 2018 CONTACT: Lisa Meiman, mediarelations@wapa.gov, 720-962-7411 ​​LAKEWOOD, Colorado – Administrator and CEO Mark A. Gabriel has selected Dionne Thompson to serve as Western Area Power Administration’s Senior Vice President and Assistant Administrator for Corporate Liaison. Thompson assumed the position, Feb. 4.​ As Assistant Administrator for Corporate Liaison in the Washington, D.C., […]

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Annual Report Highlights WAPA’s Service to Customers, Communities in American West

​FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Feb. 1, 2018 CONTACT: Lisa Meiman, mediarelations@wapa.gov, 720-962-7411  LAKEWOOD, Colo. – Western Area Power Administration published its Fiscal Year 2017 Annual Report, Jan. 31. This year’s theme, “Serving Communities, Saving Communities,”​ highlights WAPA’s accomplishments for the year and demonstrates how WAPA serves communities across the West by focusing on availability, reliability, security and quality. […]

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2018 Colorado Regional Middle School Science Bowl Coming Feb. 3

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Feb. 1​, 2018​ CONTACT: Lisa Meiman, mediarelations@wapa.gov, 720-962-7411 LOVELAND, Colo.—With the nation’s focus on energy independence and sustainability, it is important to promote the benefits of science and math among middle school youth. Western Area Power Administration is doing just that by hosting the Colorado Regional Middle School Science Bowl, a math and science competition for middle […]

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WAPA Hosts Lessons Learned Event on Hurricane Response

​ ​FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Jan. 26, 2018 CONTACT: Lisa Meiman, mediarelations@wapa.gov, 720.962.7411​ LAKEWOOD, Colorado – Western Area Power Administration convened staff involved in power restoration efforts in both the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico to explore how the federal organization could better prepare­­ to respond to the next storm season. During the daylong lessons-learned […]

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New Senior VP Selected to Market Colorado River’s Federal Hydropower

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Jan. 8, 2018CONTACT: Lisa Meiman, mediarelations@wapa.gov, 720.962.7411 LAKEWOOD, Colorado – Today, Steve Johnson was named Western Area Power Administration’s Senior Vice President and Colorado River Storage Project Management Center Manager.“Steve’s extensive knowledge of power system operatio ns will greatly aid CRSP MC and all of WAPA as we face changes in the […]

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