Headquarters

Headquarters Functions

​Located in Lakewood, Colo., Western Area Power Administration’s (WAPA) Headquarters (HQ) serves many diverse customers, ranging from Congress to Native American power customers, special interest groups and WAPA’s regional offices.

HQ is home base for WAPA’s Administrator, the General Counsel, Economic Impact and Diversity, Public Affairs, and the agency’s administrative, operations, financial and information offices.

At HQ, we carry out WAPA’s mission by serving many diverse customers. Both federal and contractor staff serve internal and external customers. ​

Administrator’s Office​

Establishes policies and objectives for managing programs related to WAPA’s mission. Within the Administrator’s Office are:

• Corporate Liaison: Represents WAPA on issues at the Department of Energy and other federal agencies and helps formulate WAPA’s policies and programs.​
• General Counsel: Provides advice to WAPA management on all legal issues and represents WAPA in administrative hearings and in federal court.
• Power Marketing Advising Office: Manages WAPA’s Power Marketing Support function and provides support to the power marketing community.
• Transmission Infrastructure Pr​ogram: A unique federal infrastructure financing program aimed at expanding and modernizing the electric grid.

Chief Administrative Office

Manages the internal administrative operations and managing administrative programs including:

• Economic Impact and Diversity
• HQ Facilities
• Inventory and Fleet Management
• Leadership Development​
• Natural Resources
• Procurement
• Public Affairs
• Records Management
• Strategy

Within these functions, we accomplish the “behind-the-scenes” work to ensure we fulfill customer needs. This work includes representing WAPA in Washington, D.C.; conducting public meetings and developing publications such as the Annual Report; managing finances and WAPA’s annual budget; focusing on employee safety and system security; designing and maintaining facilities for our power system; supporting renewable resources and environmental protection; providing technical assistance with energy services; and supporting the power marketing community.

Chief Financial Office

Manages WAPA’s financial activities, including the BIDSS project, budget and analysis, fiscal accounting, systems management, cost accounting and compliance and audit liaison functions.

Chief Information Office

Oversees the overall direction of our information technology resources and sets the direction for acquiring new information technology.

Chief Operating Office​

Manages the engineering planning, environment, lands, technical services, safety and security, aviation and design functions, as well as the Electric Power Training Center.