State of the Assets

2022 State of WAPA’s Assets

  • Letter from the Administrator and CEO
  • State of Operations
  • State of the Regions
  • Summarizing 2021 hydrology conditions​

2021 State o​f WAPA’s Assets

  • Letter from the Administrator and CEO
  • State of Operations
  • State of the Regions
  • Summarizing 2020 hydrology conditions​

2020 State of WAPA’s Assets

  • Letter from the Administrator and CEO
  • State of Operations
  • State of the Regions
  • Summarizing 2019 hydrology conditions​

Welcome to the latest edition of WAPA’s bi-monthly newsletter the Closed Circuit! We’re excited to share updates and news from our organization. If you have questions, reach out to Public Affairs at publicaffairs@wapa.gov or 720-962-7050.

October 2023 Hydropower Headway

  • Safeguarding the Colorado River ecosystem
  • WAPA marks 20th anniversary of Path 15
  • Secure our world
  • Power Forward Perspectives
  • WAPA.gov gets a modern makeover
  • DSW deploys creative security solution
  • EPTC rolls out new courses for FY 2024
  • Safety Corner: Fire preparedness essentials
  • Rapid Recaps
  • Brief Transmissions​

August 2023 Leadership Pathways

  • Safeguarding the grid through IVM
  • HPI promotes safety, reliability and quality
  • Finance: Redesign better prepares supervisors
  • Power Forward Perspectives
  • ELDP graduates third group of WAPA leaders
  • WAPA completes Olmsted Power Marketing Plan
  • Get to know the VP of Power Operations
  • Safety Corner: Revising the safety manual
  • Rapid Recaps
  • Brief Transmissions

June 2023 Energizing Innovations

  • Unmanned aerial systems training takes flight
  • How our people power WAPA forward
  • DSW goes live in Western Energy Imbalance Market
  • Revitalizing Estes-to-Flatiron infrastructure
  • Celebrating AANHPI Heritage Month
  • IT leader earns Secretary’s Achievement Award
  • Hydration challenge sparks health awakening
  • Safety Corner: The value of safety committees
  • Section 508
  • Rapid Recaps
  • Brief Transmissions​
  • WAPA pilot survives in-flight emergency
  • New strategic plan powers WAPA forward
  • TIP powers forward in support of strategic plan
  • Get to know HR’s Shared Service Center Director
  • Protecting the grid from solar storms
  • Customer meeting, AEM jump start 2023
  • WAPA restores power to rural California counties
  • Safety Corner: Safe spring cleaning
  • Rapid Recaps
  • Brief Transmissions​

February 2023 Teamwork Solutions

  • Preserving WAPA’s historical documents
  • Special emphasis programs deliver value
  • Get to know the Assistant Administrator for Corporate Liaison
  • Pest control devices prove effective at facilities
  • Belonging, critical to good mental health
  • Celebrating WAPA turning 45
  • Top 10 stories from 2022
  • Organizational, individual commitment to safety
  • 508 Corner: Tips for accessibility
  • WAPA celebrates 45 years powering the West
  • Developing Power Forward 2030
  • Sierra Nevada reduces CVP power bills
  • Day in the Life: Trust your camo and journeymen
  • Positive leadership encourages a culture of trust
  • Get to know WAPA’s Chief Public Affairs Officer
  • 45th Anniversary Photo Contest winners unveiled
  • Leadership Summit connects team leads, supervisors
  • Holiday food safety: Clean, separate, cook, chill
  • Rapid Recaps
  • Brief Transmissions​

October 2022 Going the extra mile​

  • Storm shines spotlight on WAPA-wide teamwork
  • Federal hydropower to serve more customers
  • Enhancing efficiency through robotic solutions
  • WAPA executes purchase power funding
  • Exceptional employees honored
  • Get to know DSW’s Regional Manager
  • Understand, reinforce WAPA brand standards
  • See yourself in cyber
  • Enjoy your stay; remember hotel fire safety
  • Rapid Recaps
  • Brief Transmissions
  • Electrofishing keeps Green River healthy
  • Get to know CRSP MC’s new manager
  • Facing off for Inclusion and Diversity
  • L2I Program participants selected
  • Environmental protection specialist wins Emerging Leader Award
  • Open Mic provides innovative learning events
  • AEM celebrates employees, spotlights challenges
  • Employee resource groups are coming to WAPA
  • Stay safe at substations
  • Rapid Recaps
  • Brief Transmissions​
  • Crow Tribe right-of-way grant renewal issued
  • Understanding psychological safety
  • Get to know UGP’s regional manager
  • Science Bowls endure as virtual events
  • How would you fare in the National Science Bowl?
  • Beware the dangers of multitasking
  • Rapid Recaps
  • Celebrate Pride Month
  • 508 corner
  • Brief Transmissions​
  • EPTC, INL host hybrid cybersecurity workshop
  • New TIP manager shares journey to WAPA
  • Craft employees practice winter survival skills
  • Employee feedback shapes strategic plan
  • Panel discussion spotlights Women of WAPA
  • OEID: under construction!
  • Make every month Electrical Safety Month
  • Rapid Recaps
  • 508 corner
  • Brief Transmissions​
  • Business intelligence: Share insights, show results
  • Get to know WAPA’s CIO
  • Reinvigorating WAPA’s I&D Program
  • OEID manager shares progressive career path
  • Upgrade reveals value of mobile transformers
  • New mobile device policy in effect
  • Stay safe through Hazard Communication
  • 508 corner​

March 2022 Reflect, Recharge, Resolve

  • Lightning strike in DSW leads to fast collaboration
  • UGP employee receives MRO HERO Award
  • What to understand during WAPA’s re-entry
  • First AEM of year spotlights change
  • Aviation manager recognized with safety award
  • WAPA’s 45th Anniversary Photo Contest is live
  • Return to work safely
  • Rapid Recaps
  • 508 corner
  • Brief Transmissions​​
  • New tool saves time, improves inspections
  • ICG launches Open Mic
  • Forest Service partnership prevents outages
  • Get to know SN’s regional manager
  • Summarizing 2021 hydrology conditions
  • The psychological safety of resilience
  • Reflecting on the benefits of mentoring
  • Rapid Recaps
  • 508 corner
  • Brief Transmissions​

January 2022 Preparing for Tomorrow 

  • GridEx tests WAPA’s emergency readiness
  • CSO shares journey to WAPA
  • 508 compliance: a glimpse of the future
  • Rail Tie Wind Project final EIS now available
  • Reflecting on LDP’s supercharged year
  • WAPA at its best is…
  • Strategically building our safety culture
  • Rapid Recaps​
​​​December 2021 Looking Forward

  • Recovery success: Chub no longer endangered
  • Engineer receives Leadership Award
  • Removing raptor nests for reliable transmission
  • Insulator storage improvement avoids costs
  • ELDP graduates first cohort
  • Final AEM of 2021 breaks records
  • Top 10 stories of 2021
  • Stay safe on the slopes
  • Brief Transmissions​

November 2021 Leadership and Partnership

  • EPTC reflects on MPS upgrades
  • DSW partners with CAISO to benefit customers
  • Liaison supports Tribal customers
  • Portal migration increases security, performance
  • Mini Summit explores leadership styles
  • Drive safely this winter
  • Facility closure leads to discovery of older site
  • Brief Transmissions​​

October 2021 Change, Transitions and Actions

  • LeBeau appointed WAPA administrator
  • Well wishes for WAPA’s seventh administrator
  • WAPA welcomes White Belt training
  • Do your part: Be cyber smart
  • New HR award recognizes strategic partnership
  • Understanding employee turnover and needs
  • Protect your home; be Firewise
  • Take the Closed Circuit readership survey
  • Brief Transmissions​
  • Experiment takes aim at smallmouth bass
  • RM manager shares 30-year journey to WAPA
  • CFO, KM team up to improve knowledge
  • Third CLDP cohort underway
  • Human Performance enhances safety culture
  • Opening our eyes to DEI
  • Listen up: Protect your hearing
  • Rapid Recaps
  • Brief Transmissions​
  • Drought conditions may complicate hydropower
  • WAPA attorney joins EBA Board of Directors
  • Exceptional employees honored
  • Get to know WAPA’s CAO
  • Welcome WAPA’s new badging stations
  • Be part of WAPA’s safety progress
  • AEM updates employees on major initiatives
  • Rapid Recaps
  • Brief Transmissions​

July 2021 Onward and Upward

  • WAPA’s sUAS pilot program lifts off
  • Crop duster strikes Arizona T-line
  • Civil engineer wins Emerging Leader Award
  • Graduates reflect on DOE leadership program
  • Firenado restoration and rebuild
  • Rewire your writing: tips to craft impactful pieces
  • Explore Safety’s electronic toolbox
  • Host video conferences safely
  • Rapid Recaps
  • Brief Transmissions
  • Spring Disturbance Flow charts new highs, lows
  • Get to know WAPA’s COO
  • OSEM, Strategy partner for security culture
  • Pilot automates transformer data transfer
  • Face to face with Inclusion and Diversity
  • Employees learn history of Buffalo Soldiers
  • Safety Incentive Program: Are you missing out?
  • Rapid Recaps
  • Brief Transmissions​

May 2021 Enduring, Adapting, Succeeding

  • Winter energy shortage tests grid limits
  • SN, Trinity partner for wildfire prevention
  • Science Bowls continue through pandemic
  • How would you fare in the National Science Bowl?
  • COVID-19 variants pose additional risk
  • Procurement, craft team up to acquire vehicle
  • Career, interviewing courses available
  • Evaluate your home for Electrical Safety Month
  • Rapid Recaps
  • Brief Transmissions​

April 2021 A Year Without Precedent

  • Farewell from Mark A. Gabriel
  • Get to know WAPA’s interim administrator
  • One year later…
  • Employees reflect on a year without precedent
  • Long hauler discusses one full year of COVID
  • WAPA publishes masking policy
  • Individual evolution is imperative
  • Drive safely in the springtime
  • Rapid Recaps
  • Brief Transmissions​

March 2021 Making Connections

  • In-house skills save millions on FIMS upgrades
  • Years in the making, WEIS goes live
  • CLDP opens to new applicants
  • Refresh yourself on WAPA’s branding
  • Employees recognized for accomplishments
  • Feedback shapes LDP offerings
  • AEM kicks off 2021
  • Practice safe spring cleaning
  • Rapid Recaps
  • Brief Transmissions​

February 20​21 Mission f​ocused

  • WAPA debuts updated mission, vision statements
  • Statement on Race and Social Justice released
  • WAPA, union leaders issue COVID-19 pledges
  • Resilience lessons from Joshua, the monarch, Andy
  • Summarizing 2020 hydrology conditions
  • Keeping badges up to date is critical
  • Virtual conferencing can bring international risk
  • Take this to heart for your overall health
  • Rapid Recaps
  • Brief Transmissions

January 2021 Maintaining balance

  • Maintaining balance in trying times
  • I2T Summit goes virtual
  • And the winners are…
  • Women in Energy Conference looks forward
  • Dispatcher recognized with Leadership Award
  • WAPA strategy maximizes value of data
  • TAP updates guide WAPA’s strategic focus
  • Keeping WAPA safe in 2021
  • Rapid Recaps
  • Brief Transmissions​
December 2020 Powering through adversity

  • ESF-12 mobilizes after Hurricane Laura
  • Vegetation management protects lines
  • IT Service Portal celebrates one year
  • Wood pole structures: the backbones of WAPA
  • 2020’s final AEM spotlights accomplishments
  • WAPA reports Q4 results
  • Top 10 stories of 2020
  • Stay safe from carbon monoxide
  • Brief Transmissions​​

November 2020 Always Prepared

  • New capability shields grid from solar storms
  • DSW, CRSP MC explore combined rate
  • Vegetation Management benefits Navajo
  • RM pilot project meets generation swings
  • CPI program saves, avoids $113 million in costs
  • Microsoft Teams is upon us
  • Hosting engaging meetings in a virtual world
  • Decorate safely this holiday season
  • Rapid Recaps
  • Brief Transmissions​

October 2020 Enhancing technology

  • Heating up the demand
  • Virtual town hall keeps employees informed
  • What you should know about Modern Workplace
  • FID Renovation streamlines data management
  • Employees show off masks for photo contest
  • Another invisible enemy lurks
  • Reimagining the Innovation Challenge
  • Serve up fire safety in the kitchen
  • Rapid Recaps
  • Brief Transmissions

September 2020 Innova​ting and improving

  • SCADA vendor project reaches milestone
  • Automating process reduces errors
  • Biological strategy benefits species of concern
  • Employees intervene in active shooter situation
  • Initiative seeks to improve balance
  • I2T goes virtual
  • Drive safely during the pandemic
  • Rapid Recaps
  • Brief Transmissions​

August 2020​ Dem​onstrating Leadership

  • WAPA-hosted event team wins Science Bowl
  • Exceptional employees honored
  • Engineer recognized as emerging leader
  • Building a Leadership Development Program
  • DOE leadership program chooses participants
  • Fiber optics feasibility assessment published
  • Making great Knowledge Management videos
  • Stay mentally safe during the pandemic
  • Brief Transmissions
July 2020 Do what is right. Do wh​at is safe

  • A safe return is the only return
  • Listen-In features personal stories of COVID-19
  • SN prepares for potential sequestration
  • Lingle upgrades mitigate wildlife issues
  • LeBeau honored as a top woman in energy
  • Application cleanup enhances manageability
  • The model with the interesting name
  • Beat the heat stress
  • Rapid Recaps
  • Brief Transmissions​​

June 2020 Closed Circuit: Ch​ange is opportunity

  • Bug flow experiment supports the Colorado
  • President’s office recognizes employees
  • Building UGP’s biological risk assessment
  • Virtual meetings provide real connection
  • Demonstrating resilience in the “new normal”
  • Contract manager reaches 40 years of service
  • Reflecting on rolling it back
  • Keep your home office ergonomic
  • Brief Transmissions​

May 2020 Closed Circuit: The Power of Resilience

  • Reflecting on these challenging times
  • WAPA rescues synchrophasor data
  • Mead work continues amid COVID
  • Auditing compliance virtually is a WAPA win
  • Inclusion and diversity, in that order
  • Finding success while working remotely
  • It’s so dark: exploring the Dark Web
  • Staying safe at work…at home
  • Rapid Recaps
  • Brief Transmissions

April 2020 Closed Circuit: Students Of Business

  • Three little words
  • North Fork-to-Rifle structure repair underway
  • Inaugural ICG participants selected
  • Phase One of EMMO job task analysis complete
  • Archaeologists hit the pottery lottery
  • Students get hands-on experience at EPTC
  • Keep your distance, keep your health
  • Harnessing data to manage risk
  • 2020 regional Science Bowls announce winners
  • How would you fare in the National Science Bowl?
  • Rapid Recaps
  • Brief Transmissions​​

Last modified on October 30th, 2023