Bulletin (Northwest Public Power Association) articles from February 2008

Bulletin (Northwest Public Power Association) archives from February 2008

NWPPA 68th Annual Meeting: options for the future gears up for Anchorage.(Association News)(Conference news)
February 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The preliminary program for the 2008 NWPPA Annual Conference & Membership Meeting, "Public Power: Options for the Future," has been posted on the NWPPA Web site, www.nwppa.org. The meeting will be held in Anchorage,...

NWPPA welcomes new member utilities.(Association News)
February 1, 2008... NWPPA is pleased to welcome the following five utilities that joined the Association during 2007. Located in diverse parts of the NWPPA member area, they exemplify various types of public power utilities. The City of Lethbridge is the...

Hot topics at upcoming GRC meeting.(Association News)
February 1, 2008... The next NWPPA Government Relations Committee (GRC) meeting will be held at the Grove Hotel in Boise, Idaho, on March 6, 2008, from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. The meeting will address current federal, regional, and state issues that are important to the...

Northwest public power milestones (1889-1906).(Association News)
February 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 1889--McMinnville Water and Light passes an ordinance authorizing construction of "water works and electric lights," becoming the Northwest's first publicly owned utility. * 1889--The first commercial,...

The new face to external auditing: risk assessment standards.(Accounting & Finance)
February 1, 2008... Effective December 2007, a series of significant changes were made to auditing standards that should impact your upcoming external audit. The most noticeable impact of the new standards is that auditors will require more time in the upfront...

Putting power payment, conservation into customers' hands.(Customer Service)
February 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Many utilities provide multiple payment options for their customers, and continue to seek, find, and implement new ways to pay while educating them about conservation. Tacoma Power introduced Pay-As-You-Go, a pilot...

Restoring load after extended distribution line outages.(Engineering & Operations)
February 1, 2008... Cold load pickup is a term used to describe power draw when distribution lines are restored after an extended outage. During normal operation, some loads, such as area lighting, are switched on at the beginning of a work day and remain on for...

Brost promoted to assistant manager.(Member News)
February 1, 2008... Franklin PUD (Pasco, Wash.) has announced the promotion of Ed Brost to the position of assistant manager. In this new capacity, Brost will represent Franklin PUD and act as the alternate for Jean Ryckman, Franklin PUD's manager. Effective...

Chelan Board officers named.(Member News)
February 1, 2008... In January, Chelan County PUD (Wenatchee, Wash.) Commissioners reelected Norm Gutzwiler of Wenatchee as president of the Board. Gutzwiler, on the Board since 2003, was also president for 2007. He thanked fellow commissioners for their hard work...

IID Energy/Arizona line approved.(Member News)
February 1, 2008... In a key vote in January, the Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) unanimously approved the certificate of environmental compatibility (CEC) for the Pale Verde Hub to North Gila 500-kilovolt transmission line. Project partners, including liD...

Cowlitz joins ColumbiaGrid plan.(Member News)
February 1, 2008... ColumhiaGrid (Portland, Ore.) has announced that Cowlitz County PUD, headquartered in Longview, Wash., has joined in an agreement to plan for improving the region's transmission system, in signing ColumbiaGrid's planning and expansion pact,...

AVEC awarded $6 million in CREBs.(Member News)
February 1, 2008... Alaska Village Electric Cooperative (AVEC) in Anchorage recently received notification that all six applications submitted for Clean Renewable Energy Bonds (CREBs) were approved, for a total of $6,/60,000. The applications asked for allocation...

Gentry makes move to Cordova.(Member News)
February 1, 2008... Cordova Electric Cooperative (Cordova, Alaska) recently hired Andy Gentry as manager of engineering and operations. He will be moving to Cordova from Medford, Ore., where he worked for Pacific Power and Light. His background encompasses...

Evans appointed acting CEO.(Member News)
February 1, 2008... At a special board meeting on December 5, the Chugach Electric Association (Anchorage, Alaska) Board of Directors appointed Brad Evans as Chugach's acting chief executive officer. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Evans is one of Alaska's most...

Kile, McVee join WECC.(Member News)
February 1, 2008... The Salt Lake City, Utah-based Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC) has appointed Linda Kile as director of administrative services and Matthew McVee as its general counsel. Kile, who just started working at WECC in December...

Commissioner Vaughn appointed to APPA council.(Member News)
February 1, 2008... The American Public Power Association's (APPA) Board of Directors has named Snohomish County PUD (Everett, Wash.) Commissioner Kathleen Vaughn to a one-year term on the APPA's Policy Makers Council. Vaughn began her third six-year term as...

Sanders elected chair of PNUCC.(Member News)
February 1, 2008... Benton County PUD (Kennewick, Wash.) General Manager Jim Sanders has been elected chairman of the Pacific Northwest Utilities Conference Committee (PNUCC) for 2008.

New TID position for Barton.(Member News)
February 1, 2008... The start of the new year, General Manager Larry Weis appointed Jeff Barton to the position of assistant general manager of civil engineering and water operations at Turlock Irrigation District (TID) m Turlock, Calif. Barton, who joined...

KEC's new manager, new substation.(Member News)
February 1, 2008... Cooperative (KEC) inHayden, Idaho, recently announcedthe addition of Craig James to its staff as human resources manager. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] James is now responsible for all human resources activities at KEC,including recruitment,...

We remember.
February 1, 2008... On December 12, 2007, Liston C. Darby, a former Clatskanie PUD general manager, passed away in Longview, Wash., as a result of lung cancer. He was 76 years old. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] A University of Oregon ('53) graduate with a...

Loomis appointed to legislature.(Associated Member News)
February 1, 2008... The Snohomish County Council (Wash.) has appointed Liz Loomis to fill the 44th District seat in the state legislature vacated by John Lovick, who was recently elected county sheriff. Loomis, a former Snohomish City Council member who lost a...

Accent continues to grow.(Associated Member News)
February 1, 2008... Recently, John Leatherwood joined Accent Business Services as a senior consultant/project manager responsible for information technology consulting for multiple projects nationwide. Leatherwood has most recently worked for Accent at The...

New enterprise passthrough manager introduced.(Associated Member News)
February 1, 2008... Cooper Power Systems, a division of Cooper Industries, Ltd., has announced the introduction of the new Enterprise Passthrough Manager, a module of Cybectec Enterprise Solutions. Enterprise Passthrough Manager provides an enterprise-level secure...

SEPA announces solar seminars.(Associated Member News)
February 1, 2008... The Solar Electric Power Association (SEPA), a national non-profit membership organization based out of Washington, D.C., is pleased to announce the first six of 12 utility solar-focused conference calls in 2008. Each call features a national...

With energy independence bill complete, Congress moves on to climate change.(Washington D.C. Report)
February 1, 2008... After a flurry of last minute activity, Congress adjourned on December 19, thus ending the first year of the 110th Congress. Just prior to adjourning, Congress passed H.R. 6, the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, aimed at promoting...

Senate confirms Kelliher, Wellinghoff.(Washington D.C. Report)
February 1, 2008... The Senate has confirmed Joseph Kelliher and Jon Wellinghoff to new terms on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Chairman Kelliher was confirmed through 2012; Wellinghoff's new term will end in 2013.

Roseville's Utility Exploration Center dazzles, delights--and delivers.(Cover story)
February 1, 2008... When Roseville Electric and Roseville's Environmental Utilities first conceived the idea of building an interactive museum focused on resource conservation, they were convinced it was a good idea. The Roseville utilities had undertaken several...