Bulletin (Northwest Public Power Association) articles from May 2008

Bulletin (Northwest Public Power Association) archives from May 2008

NWPPA brings back the FARE.(Association News)
May 1, 2008... NWPPA members are making plans to attend the 2008 NWPPA Finance, Accounting, Rates, and Economics (FARE) Workshop, scheduled for June 18-20 at the Resort at the Mountain in Welches, Ore. In addition to the educational programs and networking...

Northwest public power milestones (1944-1956).(Association News)
May 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] * 1944--The Hungry Horse Dam Act passes with a "geographic preference" provision giving Montana utilities first dibs on 221 megawatts of Hungry Horse output. * 1948--On May 30, a railroad dike failure in the...

Oregon incentives and tax credits for renewable energy investment.(Accounting & Finance)
May 1, 2008... The Oregon legislature historically has targeted much of its tax incentives toward employers who make large investments in their business and expand their employment base in Oregon. This typically benefited mostly manufacturers and high...

Transformers are as transformers do.(Engineering & Operations)
May 1, 2008... Transformers are the workhorse of the electric power industry. Every customer is served via a transformer. Every distribution line and every substation is equipped with multiple transformers. Power transformers, voltage transformers, current...

Writing an effective statement of work.(Information Technology)
May 1, 2008... After completing your lengthy research process and finally selecting the technology solution you (or your internal customers) have been waiting for, it is difficult to devote the time to craft those dry contract documents that allow your...

Benton receives arbor award.(Members News)
May 1, 2008... For the ninth consecutive year, Benton PUD (Kennewick, Wash.) has been honored with the Tree Line USA Award. The Tree Line USA Award was founded by The National Arbor Day Foundation to recognize utilities for national leadership in utility...

Chelan PUD adds third attorney.(Members News)
May 1, 2008... Chelan County PUD (Wenatchee, Wash.) has added Wenatchee attorney Erik Wahlquist to its legal staff. Wahlquist joins lead counsel Carol Wardell and part-time staff attorney Karen Wiggum. The PUD's 2008 budget included funding for a third...

Busy annual meeting for LLP.(Members News)
May 1, 2008... At its 86th Annual Meeting on March 18 in Lakewood, Wash., Lakeview Light and Power (LLP) announced that its customers will receive free power for the month of April. In making the announcement, LLP President Paul Russell stated that a refund...

Technology benefits Unalaska consumers.(Members News)
May 1, 2008... Further proof that the pioneering spirit is alive and well in The Last Frontier, the City of Unalaska's Department of Public Utilities is the first off-grid power plant in Alaska to install fuel saving technology that is expected to save over...

GVEA plant celebrates first year.(Members News)
May 1, 2008... Golden Valley Electric Association's (Fairbanks, Alaska) newest power plant, the North Pole Expansion Power Plant, celebrated its first full year of commercial operation this year after coming online in March of 2007. "The plant is more...

News from Clatskanie POD.(Members News)
May 1, 2008... To celebrate 65 years of service, the Clatskanie PUD Board of Directors, including Merle Gillespie, Bob Wiggins, Steve Petersen, and Janet Willey, took time for birthday cake and pictures at their March 12 workshop. Director Don Hooper was...

Gropp, Leland honored by ATHENA.(Members News)
May 1, 2008... The Anchorage ATHENA Society, a program of the Anchorage Chamber of Commerce and a chapter of the ATHENA International Society, inducted two Alaska Power Association (APA) members and seven additional business leaders during its annual luncheon...

Coops re-elect board members.(Members News)
May 1, 2008... Several member utilities re-elected their board members during their annual meetings this spring: Missoula Electric Cooperative in Missoula, Mont.; Yellowstone Valley Electric Cooperative (YVEC) in Billings, Mont.; Sun River Electric...

DOE names committee members.(Members News)
May 1, 2008... Congratulations to Sue Kelly and Vicky Van Zandt; they are among the 30 people named to the Department of Energy's (DOE) new Electricity Advisory Committee. The DOE said the committee will provide counsel to the Office of Electricity...

SMUD closer to providing solar power for all.(Members News)
May 1, 2008... California's Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) customers will soon be able to buy blocks of solar power even if they don't own a solar electric system. SMUD awarded a contract to enXco to build a onemegawatt solar panel array,...

ColumbiaGrid agreement finalized.(Members News)
May 1, 2008... ColumbiaGrid (Portland, Ore.) has inked an agreement with eight utilities to develop tools that will ease transactions between transmission buyers and sellers. The Open Access Same-Time Information System (OASIS) Functional Agreement...

Grant celebrates new license.(Members News)
May 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The federal government awarded a new hydropower license to Grant PUD (Ephrata, Wash.), giving Grant PUD commissioners, employees, and county residents assurance that Priest Rapids Project power will be available to...

We remember.
May 1, 2008... Moses Lake Port Commissioner Larry Peterson, former manager of the Grant County PUD (Ephrata, Wash.), died on April 16, 2008, at the McKay Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center in Soap Lake, Wash. He was 80 years old. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]...

Ater Wynne expands energy group.(Associate Member News)
May 1, 2008... Two attorneys with significant energy law experience, Bill Prentice and Ethan Falatko, have joined Ater Wynne LLP's Energy Group. Prentice, Of Counsel, has nearly 20 years of experience providing counsel to major northwest power companies....

Highline's new transformer pad.(Associate Member News)
May 1, 2008... A new flat pad for single phase transformers that is made from 100percent recycled materials, features monolithic construction, and is easy to install is being introduced by Highline Products of Lexington, Mass. Highline's Millennium Flat...

S&C names two new directors.(Associate Member News)
May 1, 2008... S&C Electric Company welcomes two distinguished new members to its Board of Directors: Erie Nye and Judy Whinfrey. Nye is chairman emeritus of TXU Corp., now Energy Future Holdings Corp., one of the nation's largest electric utilities. In...

Novinium announces growth capital backing from Nomura.(Associate Member News)
May 1, 2008... On April 1, Novinium, Inc., the global leader in cable life extension technology for the utility market, announced the successful completion of $6 million in new financing. The Series C funding round was led by Nomura's New Energy & Clean...

NECA issues 2007 Yearbook CD.(Associate Member News)
May 1, 2008... The third annual Yearbook of National Electrical Installation Standards (NEIS)[R], a compilation of all NEIS released through 2007, is now available on CD-ROM from the National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA). This valuable reference...

Prospects for climate change legislation dim in the 110th Congress: with passage of the 2007 "energy independence" bill (H.R. 6) behind them, democratic leaders in the Senate have renewed their efforts to advance climate change legislation.(Washington D.C. Report)
May 1, 2008... When NWPPA members were in Washington, D.C., in April, climate change was one topic on the minds of the northwest Senate offices that they visited. With passage of the 2007 "energy independence" bill (H.R. 6) behind them, democratic leaders in...

Northwest Public Power Association: 2007-2008 annual report.
May 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Dear Members, Thank you for your participation in, and support of, NWPPA programs and services during 2007-08. Through your belief in the Association's ability to deliver quality training, outstanding...