News Releases

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Sept. 21, 2022 CONTACT:  WAPA: Lisa Meiman, mediarelations@wapa.gov, 720.962.7411 Basin Electric: Tracie Bettenhausen, TBettenhausen@bepc.com, 701.557.5789   Colorado Springs Utilities: Steve Berry, sberry@csu.org, 719.668.3848 Tri-State: Lee Boughey, lboughey@tristategt.org, 720.670.6696  LAKEWOOD, Colo.—Expanding the Southwest Power Pool Regional Transmission Organization into the Western Interconnection could produce a net total of $55 million to $73 million per […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Sept. 19, 2022 CONTACT: Lisa Meiman, mediarelations@wapa.gov, 720.962.7411 LAKEWOOD, Colo. — Western Area Power Administration is looking for partners to improve energy delivery in the West and address congestion issues at WAPA’s Mead Substation in southern Nevada.  Statements of interest may be submitted by project developers, electric utilities, federal power customers or others […]

​FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Sept. 15, 2022 CONTACT: Lisa Meiman, mediarelations@wapa.gov, 720.962.7411 LAKEWOOD, Colo. – Tina Ko has been named executive vice president and chief operating officer at Western Area Power Administration.  She has been acting in the position since March and will assume the permanent role in early November upon final approval by the Department of Energy Office […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Aug. 18, 2022 CONTACT: Lisa Meiman, mediarelations@wapa.gov, 720.962.7411 LAKEWOOD, Colorado – Eleven municipalities in Kansas and Nebraska and one military installation in Colorado have been approved to receive at-cost federal hydropower from Western Area Power Administration’s Loveland Area Projects starting Oct. 1, 2024.  It is the largest addition of WAPA customers since the remarketing of […]

WAPA and Tucson Electric Power announced a joint participation agreement to rebuild approximately 60 miles of the Parker-Davis Project transmission system.  

​FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 25, 2022 CONTACT: Lisa Meiman, mediarelations[at]wapa.gov, 720.962.7411 LAKEWOOD, Colo. –Western Area Power Administration will start construction on a long-anticipated project to replace the power lines in the Town of Estes Park and Roosevelt National Forest in northern Colorado beginning Aug. 1.   WAPA hired Barnard Construction Company, Inc., to replace two, 16-mile, wood transmission […]

​FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 18, 2022 CONTACT: Eric Barendsen, mediarelations@wapa.gov, 303-704-0765 LAKEWOOD, Colorado – Today, Western Area Power Administration announced a record of decision​ (PDF), or ROD, approving the interconnection of the proposed Rail Tie Wind Project to WAPA’s transmission system.  Over the past three years, WAPA has been evaluating two interconnection requests submitted by ConnectGen Albany […]

LAKEWOOD, Colorado – Jack Murray has been named Western Area Power Administration’s senior vice president and Desert Southwest regional manager. His promotion is effective June 19. “It is truly an honor to be selected for this position, and I’m grateful for the opportunity,” said Murray. “I’m a staunch believer in WAPA’s mission, which is successfully […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 25, 2022 CONTACT: Lisa Meiman, mediarelations@wapa.gov, 720-962-7411 LAKEWOOD, Colo. – Rodney Bailey has been selected as the new senior vice president and Colorado River Storage Project Manager. Bailey has been acting in the position since January. “Rodney’s extensive knowledge of WAPA-wide and CRSP operations, long-standing partnerships with customers and experience leading WAPA’s […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 5, 2022 CONTACT: Philip Reed, mediarelations@wapa.gov​, 720-962-7063 LAKEWOOD, Colo. – Western Area Power Administration has published Data Driving Decisions, the Project and Asset Services summary for fiscal year 2021.  WAPA’s Project and Asset Services organization is responsible for executing four specific lines of business: the Asset Management, Asset Maintenance, Geospatial Information Systems […]