Bulletin (Northwest Public Power Association) articles from March 2006

Bulletin (Northwest Public Power Association) archives from March 2006

A look back at public power: 50 years ago--1956.(Association News)
March 1, 2006... The Southeast Electric Cooperative of Ekalaka, Mont., joined NWPPA... Clark County PUD cut rates by $345,000 (Wash.)... Public power projects received strong support in resolutions adopted at the first convention of the new merged labor...

A look back at public power: 25 years ago--1981.(Association News)
March 1, 2006... British Columbia Hydro announced that its plans for a 2,000-megawatt coal-fired thermal plant will incorporate technology that will bring emissions well within the guidelines established by the Pollution Control Board... The Bonneville Power...

A look back at public power: 5 years ago--2001.(Association News)
March 1, 2006... Clark Public Utilities joined NWPPA (Wash.)... Supreme Court sided with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in an important environmental case and said that the EPA has the power to issue new standards designed to reduce the levels of...

The 66th Annual Conference: Energizing the West.(Association News)
March 1, 2006... NWPPA is proud to be presenting some of the country's biggest names in politics and public power at this year's Annual Conference and Membership Meeting, Public Power: Energizing the West, being held in Lake Tahoe, Ner., from May 21 to May 25....

Don't miss out on the annual meeting pre-conference workshops!(Association News)
March 1, 2006... For everyone attending this year's NWPPA Annual Conference and Membership Meeting in Lake Tahoe, arriving early has its advantages! On Monday, May 22, we will be offering the following pre-conference seminars: Pre-conference Class #1 ...

Training for April, May & June 2006: for a detailed list of all upcoming courses and conferences go to www.nwppa.org.(NWPPA Training Opportunities)
March 1, 2006... FRONT LINE LEADERSHIP SESSION #1: SITUATIONAL LEADERSHIP Who Should Attend: Front line supervisors and managers, and those front line employees who will be transitioning to a supervisor or manager role in the near future. This is the first...

Executive director's column.
March 1, 2006... Dear Members, When I was a young man and working for an electric utility, I asked Al Krieg, executive director of what was then an organization called NELPA, what does an association do? Al replied, "An association does all of those...

New solar receiver tubes unveiled.(Conservation & Renewables)
March 1, 2006... On February 11, 2006, Solargenix/ Acciona executives and federal, state, and local officials broke ground in Boulder City, Nev., to symbolically start construction on the 64 megawatt Nevada Solar One solar thermal power plant; nearby, SCHOTT...

Two heads are better than one: cooperation between customers and utilities.(Customer Service)
March 1, 2006... "Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success." Henry Ford Like it or not, customers can be demanding. They can be cranky. They can even be [gasp!] wrong. And we all hear about these customers,...

NWPPA hazardous materials task force update.(Hazardous Materials Update)
March 1, 2006... At the September 19, 2005, Salt Lake City, Utah, Task Force meeting, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Headquarters announced that the plan for the PCB Voluntary Accelerated Removal (VAR) Program to go national has come to...

Make your annual reports come to life.(Marketing & Communication)
March 1, 2006... Printers used to love annual reports, and so did graphic designers. It used to be that these thick, glossy booklets offered the opportunity to put fancy print techniques and finishes to work, all in an effort to spice up the pages of numbers...

IID's Steiger addressed National Electricity Forum.(Member News)
March 1, 2006... Last month, Glen Steiger, manager of IID Energy, spoke at the National Electricity Forum in Washington, D.C. The conference, held on February 15, was sponsored by the Department of Energy and the National Association of Regulatory Utility...

Kopacz confirmed as new CFC director.(Member News)
March 1, 2006... The CFC Board of Directors has confirmed the nomination of Bill Kopacz to CFC's District 9 director-manager seat. He is currently the manager of Mid-State Electric Cooperative headquartered in La Pine, Ore. Kopacz will be replacing Eric...

Nine Canyon Wind project sets generation record.(Member News)
March 1, 2006... Energy Northwest's Nine Canyon Wind Project, which is south of Kennewick, Wash., set a new monthly electricity generation record at midnight on January 31. The project's 49 wind turbines produced 26,501,064 kilowatt-hours of electricity in...

Award winning KID POWER program launched in Murray School District.(Member News)
March 1, 2006... In February, the National Energy Foundation and Murray City Power (Utah) announced their partnership and launch of the KID POWER energy education program in the Murray School District. The program was initially developed in 1991 and has been...

Safety record set by Pend Oreille PUD.(Member News)
March 1, 2006... Pend Oreille PUD posted a big zero for time loss accidents in 2005. A steady decline in recordable injuries has been experienced at Pend Oreille since 1999, when an incentive-based safety award program began. The program includes annual safety...

Columbia Rural Electric experiences changes early in 2006.(Member News)
March 1, 2006... A nationwide search for a new chief executive officer (CEO) has paid off for Columbia Rural Electric Association (REA). At the end of January, Les Teel of Bloomfield, Iowa, was hired as the new CEO of Columbia REA. "We believe Les will be a...

Energy Northwest employees raise thousands for area head start.(Member News)
March 1, 2006... Energy Northwest employees recently wrapped up their 2005 Head Start fundraising campaign with a $6,712.80 donation to the Benton Franklin Head Start program. Energy Northwest CEO Vic Parrish presented the donation to Head Start Director Jim...

Washington PUD Association will support renewable energy initiative.(Member News)
March 1, 2006... The board of directors of the Washington Public Utility Districts Association (WPUDA) voted to support a ballot initiative aimed at meeting Washington state's growing electricity demand with renewable energy and energy conservation. ...

Washington and Oregon members elected to lead Power Council in 2006.(Member News)
March 1, 2006... At a meeting in mid-January, the Northwest Power and Conservation Council elected Tom Karier, a Washington member of the Council, to chair the four-state energy planning and fish and wildlife mitigation agency in 2006. Joan Dukes, an Oregon...

US&A welcomes Timothy Wray.(Associate Member News)
March 1, 2006... Timothy R. Wray has joined Utility Systems & Applications (US&A) as a journeyman meter man. Previously, Wray was the technical services manager for Clark Public Utilities where he was responsible for the utility's metering, relays, and...

MultiSpeak[R] initiative releases version 3.(Technology Marketplace)
March 1, 2006... In February, the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) announced that there was a major new release of the MultiSpeak Specification. MultiSpeak3 now offers real-time systems integration using Web services, a popular transport...

Arctic Industrial.(Associate Member Profiles)
March 1, 2006... Arctic Industrial Les Roe 7525 Falcon Crest Drive Suite 211 Redmond, OR 97756-5005 Phone: (888)770-7057 or (541) 923-5471 Fax: (888) 642-4565 arcticindustrial@yahoo.com Arctic Industrial has been a...

IGI Resources, Inc.(Associate Member Profiles)
March 1, 2006... IGI Resources, Inc. Randy Schultz P.O. Box 6488 Boise, ID 83707 Phone: (208) 395-0500 Fax: (208) 395-0530 schuhrl@bp.com www.igires.com Organized as one of the first natural gas marketing companies in the...

APPA Washington report: mergers and merchants.(Washington D.C. Report)
March 1, 2006... The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) got a lot of things--but not everything--right in a final regulation implementing its new authority over mergers, granted by the Energy Policy Act of 2005. Asking the commission to revise and...

Coalition for Affordable Power denounces administration's proposal to increase region's rates.(Washington D.C. Report)
March 1, 2006... In mid-February, the Northwest Coalition for Affordable Power, a broad-based group advocating for reliable and affordable power, thanked the Northwest Congressional delegation for taking the lead in opposing the Administration's budget proposal...

Does anyone care that PUHCA was repealed? Should they?(Op-Ed Column)
March 1, 2006... The most confident prediction about the PUHCA repeal was that it would lead to increasing consolidation in the utility sector, and several pending mergers are illustrating this. ********** Repeal of the Public Utility Holding Company...

Senator Craig's floor statement regarding salmon recovery: January 25, 2006.(Cover story)
March 1, 2006... Mr. President, today, as you may know, Jim Connaughton, Chairman of the White House Council on Environmental Quality, called for a comprehensive and collaborative approach to salmon recovery in the Pacific Northwest. While I may not agree...