| 9/29/2022 | L2I Program participants selected | In June, Administrator and CEO Tracey LeBeau announced the first participants of WAPA’s Leadership Learning Intensive, or L2I, Program. |
| 9/20/2022 | Open Mic provides innovative learning events | The Open Mic events are still new, and momentum continues to build since their inaugural session in December 2021. |
| 9/15/2022 | Environmental protection specialist wins Emerging Leader Award | In May, Environmental Protection Specialist Andrea Severson received the Emerging Leader Award from RMEL in Denver, Colorado. |
| 9/6/2022 | Electrofishing keeps Green River healthy | On April 25-26, Colorado River Storage Project Management Center staff assisted in the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources’ biannual trout electrofishing survey of Green River below Flaming Gorge Dam. |
| 8/24/2022 | WAPA successfully executes BIL funding for purchase power | WAPA s on track to fully expend the $500 million that the organization received from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law . |
| 7/7/2022 | Get to know UGP’s regional manager | In July 2021, Lloyd Linke assumed the role of senior vice president and Upper Great Plains regional manager. |
| 6/28/2022 | Crow Tribe right-of-way grant renewal issued | As a government organization with assets all around the Western U.S., WAPA has the distinct pleasure of working directly with Native American Tribes. |
| 6/23/2022 | Science Bowls endure as virtual events | WAPA is a proud supporter of the National Science Bowl and hosts a number of regional events each year. |
| 6/22/2022 | Celebrate Pride Month | In June, we celebrate the valuable contributions of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer – or LGBTQ+ – community and their allies across America. |
| 6/16/2022 | New TIP manager shares journey to WAPA | In March, WAPA named Paul Schwabe as senior vice president and Transmission Infrastructure Program manager |
| 6/14/2022 | Panel discussion spotlights Women of WAPA | “The Women of WAPA panel discussion started as a simple idea and just organically came together,” said Equal Employment Manager Charles Montañez. |
| 6/9/2022 | Employee feedback shapes strategic plan | Chief Strategy Officer Kerry Whitford is working with senior leaders to develop WAPA’s 2030 strategic plan, the successor to Strategic Roadmap 2024. |
| 6/2/2022 | Craft employees practice winter survival skills | In March, more than 25 linemen and communication technicians spent one week in a winter survival course, practicing survival skills with only the tools and equipment that they would have with them while patrolling power lines or otherwise working in the f |
| 5/26/2022 | EPTC, INL host hybrid cybersecurity workshop | On Feb. 23-24, WAPA’s Electric Power Training Center hosted its first-ever hybrid event: the 2022 Cybersecurity in Protective Relaying Workshop. |
| 5/17/2022 | OEID manager shares progressive career path | On April 29, 2021, WAPA welcomed Equal Employment Manager Charles Montañez to lead its Office of Economic Impact and Diversity. |
| 5/10/2022 | Upgrade reveals value of mobile transformers | In September 2021, Rocky Mountain employees placed a mobile transformer into service at Kimball Substation in Kimball County, Nebraska. |
| 5/6/2022 | Reinvigorating WAPA’s I&D Program | WAPA has been pursuing a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture for many years. |
| 4/28/2022 | Get to know WAPA’s CIO | In 2019, Michael Montoya was selected as senior vice president and chief information officer. |
| 4/26/2022 | Business intelligence: Share insights, show results | WAPA has massive repositories of data about its assets and operations. |
| 4/12/2022 | Aviation manager recognized with safety award | The Department of Energy’s Office of Aviation Management hosts an annual aviation safety award program, intended to promote safe operations and to recognize the top performers in each program. |
| 4/6/2022 | UGP employee receives MRO HERO Award | In December, Compliance Manager Mark Buchholz received the Midwest Reliability Organization’s Highly Effective Reliability Organizations Award. |
| 4/4/2022 | First AEM of year spotlights change | WAPA’s first All-Employee Meeting of 2022 was held Feb. 3. |
| 3/31/2022 | What to understand during WAPA’s re-entry | It’s an arduous process, moving a heavily remote workforce back into the building, and it is a move that will affect all employees, regardless of telework status. |
| 3/24/2022 | Lightning strike in DSW leads to fast collaboration | On July 30, 2021, a lightning storm caused damage to Gila Substation in Yuma, Arizona, spurring not only immediate collaboration for a solution, but also a lengthy process of replacement and repair that lasted through early this year. |
| 3/17/2022 | Reflecting on the benefits of mentoring | In January, Leadership Development launched the WAPA-wide Mentoring Program, welcoming 62 participants in its first cohort. |
| 3/9/2022 | Summarizing 2021 hydrology conditions | One of the biggest challenges for hydropower is water variability due to intermittent drought and flooding. By |
| 3/7/2022 | Forest Service partnership prevents outages | For the past several years, the U.S. has endured a series of devastating wildfires. |
| 3/2/2022 | New tool saves time, improves inspections | Last month WAPA launched a new tool that, according to Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Kevin Howard, will “enable us to more effectively monitor the health of our transmission system and efficiently react to condition issues". |
| 2/16/2022 | Strategically building our safety culture | Safety is one of WAPA’s Strategic Enablers, as identified in our Tactical Action Plan |
| 2/14/2022 | WAPA at its best is... | I have been in the workforce for more than 50 years. I have had a lot of jobs and a lot of employers, but I’ve never worked for an organization quite like WAPA. |
