Bulletin (Northwest Public Power Association) articles from January 2004

Bulletin (Northwest Public Power Association) archives from January 2004

A look back at public power.(Association News)
January 1, 2004... 50 Years Ago Eight different schemes were proposed to increase wholesale power rates in the Pacific Northwest. Although the proposals applied in whole or in part to all public and cooperative power systems, an NWPPA analysis based on...

Annual conference to prepare public power for a "brave new world".(Association News)
January 1, 2004... Granted, it is only 2004, but it isn't too early to begin planning for 2015, and that's the point of NWPPA's 64th Annual Conference & Membership Meeting. The conference will be held May 18-20 at the Empress Hotel in Victoria, B.C. As...

NWPPA's "New" training agreement can broaden your "Horizons".(Association News)
January 1, 2004... Employees of NWPPA member utilities now have the opportunity to attend training on a variety of computer programs, such as Microsoft Excel and Adobe Photoshop. Under a new agreement with New Horizons Computer Learning Centers, NWPPA members can...

E&O illuminates the future with a spirit of discovery.(Association News)
January 1, 2004... In recognition of the bicentennial of the Lewis & Clark Expedition, the 2004 NWPPA Engineering & Operations Conference & Trade Show will move into Boise, Idaho with an eye on the Spirit of Discovery, and a quest to illuminate the future. ...

NWPPA christens new workshop, roundtable.(Association News)
January 1, 2004... Professionals working in the areas of Communication, Marketing, Energy Efficiency and Conservation may be interested in two co-located events taking place in March: The NWPPA Communicators' Roundtable on March 16 and the Northwest Energy...

EnergyGuide labels help consumers find best deals.(Conservation & Renewables)
January 1, 2004... A familiar question, faced daily by millions of American consumers: "Is it wiser to spend more for a higher-efficiency product today, or spend less today and pay more in operating costs over the life of the product?" When it comes to...

Kootenai Electric "rounds up" funds for community.(Customer Service)
January 1, 2004... Last year members of Kootenai Electric Cooperative were given an opportunity to participate in an innovative program that provides funding for all kinds of worthy projects in their area. For Kootenai Electric Cooperative (Hayden, Idaho), being...

Day-long exercise tested cowlitz river project emergency plan.(Engineering & Operations)
January 1, 2004... "It is Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2003. The unusually warm weather has continued into the fall. The weather is crisp in the evening, but people are still camping at the parks. There is also a lot of recreational day activity all along the Cowlitz River."...

Oregon's industrial field of dreams?(Legal Column)
January 1, 2004... On December 15, the Oregon Economic and Community Development Department's (OECDD's) Industrial Lands Advisory Committee unveiled 25 "project ready" sites across the state as a part of Oregon's ambitious program to foster industrial growth....

Brand: bogus budget buster?(Marketing & Communication)
January 1, 2004... Somewhere between looming deregulation, Y2K preparations and ill-fated image campaigns, the message of branding a public utility went bad. Branding became the word-that-must-not-be-spoken (particularly during a budget cycle). At one time a...

Svendsen named Klickitat PUD manager.(Member News)
January 1, 2004... The Klickitat PUD (Goldendale, Wash.) commissioners recently named Tom Svendsen the utility's new general manager. Svendsen has been an employee of the PUD since August 1976, and he's worked in several capacities including engineering &...

Goldsbury elected Benton PUD president.(Member News)
January 1, 2004... Benton PUD's Board of Commissioners recently elected John Goldsbury president of the Kennewick, Wash.-based PUD. Bob Graves was elected vice-president and Jeff Hall secretary at the same meeting. Goldsbury has been a PUD commissioner...

Tacoma power employees activated to military duty.(Member News)
January 1, 2004... Most times, folks don't change jobs, lifestyles and commit to a move halfway around the world. But in mid-November, it happened in Tacoma. Carl Every, a professional engineer in Tacoma Public Utilities' water supply department, went...

Wood announced as general manager selection for Mason County PUD No. 3.(Member News)
January 1, 2004... The Mason County PUD No. 3 Board of Commissioners have announced their selection of long time utility employee Wyla Wood to be the new general manager of the Shelton, Wash.-based utility. Wood is power and programs planning director at...

"Little bells" lead Kootenai's walk to life-saving situation.(Member News)
January 1, 2004... It wasn't enough that his alarm clock woke him up to a snow), day, but Dan Walk was hearing little bells all morning. Early in the afternoon, when the bells got louder, Walk, a journeyman meterman for Kootenai Electric Cooperative (Hayden,...

Ryckman interim general manager at Franklin PUD.(Member News)
January 1, 2004... The Board of Commissioners at Franklin PUD (Pasco, Wash.) has named Jean Ryckman as interim manager to replace Ken Sugden upon his January 9, 2004 retirement. Ryckman, the utility's director of customer service and sales, has worked for...

Inland to return more than $1.2 million in refunds.(Member News)
January 1, 2004... Thousands of Inland Power & Light (Spokane, Wash.) customers will receive the benefits of a total of $1,250,000 in capital credit checks. Capital credits are the difference between what an Inland customer paid for electric service and what...

We remember.(Member News)
January 1, 2004... Staff and friends of Midstate Electric Cooperative (La Pine, Ore.) were shocked by the loss of Customer Service Representative Sheri James, who passed away December 13 at the age of 53. She had suffered a stroke. Sheri worked at the...

Bennett named to COO spot at BPA.(Member News)
January 1, 2004... Ruth Bennett has been named chief operating officer at Bonneville Power Administration (BPA). With the appointment, Bennett also becomes a member of the Senior Executive Service. It's a position that Bennett is used to, as she's served as...

WPUDA elects officers, presents awards at annual meeting.(Member News)
January 1, 2004... Clark Public Utilities Commissioner Nancy Barnes was elected president of the Washington Public Utility Districts Association at the organization's annual meeting, held December 4 in Spokane. Barnes succeeds outgoing president Dan Peterson, a...

Blachly-Lane board names new leaders.(Member News)
January 1, 2004... Blachly-Lane Electric Cooperative's Board of Directors recently named two new leaders for the utility. The Eugene, Ore.,-based cooperative filled an opening on its board by appointing Mike Tayloe. Tayloe is a certified public accountant in...

GenPac, Klickitat PUD work together to solve problems.
January 1, 2004... As with many utilities, Klickitat PUD (Goldendale, Wash.) has some customers with voltage delivery problems, and fast inexpensive solutions are something that you tend to read about in magazines. Much of our utility service area is rural and...

Associate member profiles.(Associate Member News)
January 1, 2004... ABB, Inc. Terry Sparks 747 Taylor, Road Kalama, WA 98625 Phone: (360) 673-3122 Fax: (360) 673-3123 E-mail: terry.sparks@us.abb.com www.abb.com/electricutilities ABB is a technology company providing...

First hand held operated single-phase TTR reduces testing time.(Technology Marketplace)
January 1, 2004... The unique design of the new Megger TTR100 Hand-held Single Phase Transformer Turns Ratio Test Set allows the user to operate the instrument while holding it in one hand. This effectively eliminates the user from having to kneel or bend over to...

Osmose announces the formation of Enspiria Solutions.(Technology Marketplace)
January 1, 2004... Osmose, a leading provider of predictive and preventative maintenance services for distribution and transmission systems, including field data-collection supporting GIS, joint use, and reliability initiatives, has established a new subsidiary,...

The new FERC.(Washington D.C. Report)
January 1, 2004... With the comprehensive energy bill (H.R. 6) stalled or possibly dead, all eyes are on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to see what action it will take on participation in Regional Transmission Organizations (RTOs), Standard...

Winter weather highlights need for call answering solutions.(Feature)
January 1, 2004... It lust figures. With the blustery winter much of the west is experiencing, come the inevitable power outages or system failures. When that happens, electric utilities are always vulnerable to a deluge of telephone calls. There is a...