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Shown is Glen Canyon Dam as seen from downstream. Glen Canyon Dam is located 15 miles upstream from Lees Ferry on the Colorado River. Glen Canyon Dam is part of the Colorado River Storage Project, CRSP.

SVP and Regional Manager selected for WAPA’s Colorado River Storage Project

December 5, 2024   /   News Releases   /   Tags: 2024

The Western Area Power Administration selected Rodney Bailey as Senior Vice President and Regional Manager for the Colorado River Storage Project Management Center based in Montrose, Colorado.

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Power lines in Upper Great Plains region suspended over green fields.

New WAPA Chief of Staff selected

November 18, 2024   /   News Releases   /   Tags: 2024

Erin Green, an attorney with WAPA, has been named the organization’s next Chief of Staff.

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A transmission line in Sierra Nevada Region stretches across steel monopole structures shown in foreground with the San Luis, Reservoir in the distance.

WAPA’s Sierra Nevada region to pursue day-ahead market participation

October 30, 2024   /   News Releases   /   Tags: 2024, markets, Sierra Nevada

WAPA’s Sierra Nevada region will pursue final negotiations toward full participation in the CAISO Extended Day-ahead Market.

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Image of a steel-lattice transmission tower and power lines in a desert landscape with an electrical substation in the distance.

WAPA statement on Arizona G&T’s interest in joining CAISO Extended Day-ahead Market study

October 23, 2024   /   News Releases   /   Tags: 2024, Desert Southwest, Transmission

The Western Area Power Administration supports Arizona G&T Cooperatives’ recent announcement to pursue an ongoing study to assess the benefits of joining the California Independent System Operator’s Extended Day-Ahead Market.

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Arrays of solar panels stand in front of a prominent rock formation with scattered clouds and blue sky above.

Federal agencies to buy renewable energy credits from small businesses and tribes

May 20, 2024   /   News Releases   /   Tags: 2024, DOE, renewable energy, Sierra Nevada

The Western Area Power Administration issued a Request for Proposals to purchase renewable energy certificates from small and minority-owned businesses and Indian Tribes.

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Western Area Power Administration Administrator and CEO Tracey A. LeBeau (third from right) provides testimony to the U.S. House Natural Resources Committee’s Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Subcommittee along with other federal agency representatives, May 16, 2024, in Washington D.C. LeBeau presented WAPA’s FY 2025 budget proposal to committee members for questions and feedback. (Courtesy photo)

WAPA Administrator testifies on organization’s FY 2025 budget request

May 17, 2024   /   News Releases   /   Tags: 2024

Administrator and CEO Tracey A. LeBeau testified May 16 before the U.S. House Natural Resources Committee.

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Photo of Glen Canyon Dam seen from down stream

WAPA’s transparency site updated with FY 2023 data

March 11, 2024   /   News Releases   /   Tags: 2024, budget, Finance, Headquarters

Today, Western Area Power Administration met its commitment to customers and stakeholders to update The Source website with financial and operational information for the past fiscal year, which included returning $75.6 million to the U.S. Treasury. WAPA has returned a total of $4.6 billion in the past 16 years.

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