Bulletin (Northwest Public Power Association) articles from November 2007

Bulletin (Northwest Public Power Association) archives from November 2007

Davenport makes lasting impression on 3 Cs attendees.(Association News)
November 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Last month's NWPPA Utility 3 Cs Workshop: Credit, Collections & Customer Service, attracted a record number of attendees to the Davenport Hotel in Spokane, Wash., for more than three days of educational sessions and...

Public Power Week celebrated with style.(Association News)
November 1, 2007... This year marked Public Power Week's 21st anniversary as the American Public Power Association's (APPA) cross-country program to explain the importance of public power to local citizens and other key publics, including state and national...

50 years ago--1957.(A look back at public power)
November 1, 2007... Over the past 22 years, REA borrowers paid $862,900,000 back to the federal government... Chelan PUD's 115,000-volt line to the famous Holden mine of the Howe Sound Company had no customers since the mine closed on June 28 due to the drop in...

25 years ago--1982.(A look back at public power)
November 1, 2007... Claude Franke accepted the position of general manager at Naknek Electric Association, replacing Gordon McCormick (Alaska)... Work passed the 60 percent completion point considerably ahead of time at Washington Public Power Supply System Plant...

5 years ago--2002.(A look back at public power)
November 1, 2007... Dave Clinton, Inland Power and Light Cooperative's chief operating officer, was named interim manager of the Washington Rural Electric Cooperative Association... Plumas Sierra REC won five Spotlight on Excellence awards from the Council of...

Remembering the forgotten: cash flow and forecasting.(Accounting & Finance)
November 1, 2007... When looking at financial statements, we tend to spend the majority of time analyzing the balance sheet and income statement. These statements are extremely important; however, business is fed and survives through cash resources. The question...

College-level water conservation training now available.(Conservation & Renewables)
November 1, 2007... As water concerns increase, the value of water conservation is better understood, especially when coupled with energy efficiency and sustainability. Utilities dealing with both water and energy are keenly aware of the challenges and...

Spills, storm water, and EPA dominate Sacramento Task Force meeting.(Environmental Task Force)
November 1, 2007... The September 17, 2007, meeting of the NWPPA Environmental Task Force was held for the first time in Sacramento, Calif. The location of this meeting was the result of Task Force outreach efforts to its California and Nevada members and strategy...

Franklin's legal counsel goes full time.(Member News)
November 1, 2007... With the new Bonneville Power Administration contracts nearing, as well as increased state and federal compliance and reporting requirements, the need for legal services continues to increase at Franklin PUD (Pasco, Wash.). Therefore, Franklin...

Miller joins ColumbiaGrid.(Member News)
November 1, 2007... ColumbiaGrid (Portland, Ore.) hired Jeff Miller to be the organization's new vice president and manager of planning; his move to ColumbiaGrid became effective on October 29. Previously, Miller was the director of transmission planning at...

AVEC wins national award.(Member News)
November 1, 2007... Alaska Village Electric Cooperative (AVEC) in Anchorage recently won a first-place award in the National Federation of Press Women s (NFPW) annual communication competition in the Annual Report--Internal category. Amy Murphy produced the...

Lane directors re-elected, bylaws amended.(Member News)
November 1, 2007... Lane Electric Cooperative (Eugene, Ore.) held their annual meeting on Saturday, October 6. At the meeting, Election Referee and Co-op member Martha Shearer announced that Row River Director Charles "Ed" Bangle and Central Director Loy Sparks...

Grubich new Okanogan GM.(Member News)
November 1, 2007... On October 2, the Okanogan County PUD Commission (Okanogan, Wash.) announced that John Grubich had been selected as the new general manager of the PUD. Grubich, currently the CFO of Golden Valley Electric Association in Fairbanks, Alaska,...

Davis resigns from SMUD Board.(Member News)
November 1, 2007... California's Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) Director Linda Anderson Davis has resigned from the SMUD Board of Directors. Davis was first elected to the SMUD Board of Directors in 1992 and presided over many of the electric...

Grays Harbor fills new position.(Member News)
November 1, 2007... Grays Harbor PUD (Aberdeen, Wash.) has hired Liz Anderson to fill its new Community and Government Relations director position. Anderson assumed her new role at the PUD on October 15. The PUD created this new director position to enhance...

68th NVEC meeting had a bit of everything.(Member News)
November 1, 2007... Board President Raymond "Shorty" Womer opened the INespelem Valley Electric Cooperative's (NVEC) 68th Annual Meeting of Members in Nespelem, Wash., by thanking everyone who contributed to and attended the meeting. He introduced NVEC staff, the...

Members win awards at MECA event.(Member News)
November 1, 2007... More than 275 people attended this year's annual meeting of the Montana Electric Cooperatives' Association (MECA) and many of those were NWPPA members who walked away with awards. Two big winners were Doug Grob and Sharon Jacobsen. Grob, a...

Blackman receives Spirit Award.(Member News)
November 1, 2007... On October 10, Beacon Development Group presented the Spirit of Hope Award to Franklin PUD (Pasco, Wash.) employee Todd Blackman for his exceptional participation in the development of Tepeyac Haven, a 45-unit low-income housing project in...

Chugach appoints Logan as director.(Member News)
November 1, 2007... The Board of Directors of Chugach Electric Association (Anchorage, Alaska) has selected Rebecca Logan to serve on its Board. Logan was chosen by other directors on the Chugach Board to fill a vacancy created by the recent resignation of former...

Armfield to serve as Tacoma Power superintendent.(Member News)
November 1, 2007... Tacoma Public Utilities (Tacoma, Wash.) Transmission & Distribution (T&D) Manager Gary Armfield will serve as interim superintendent of Tacoma Power from November 1 until he retires in approximately 18 months. He succeeds current Tacoma Power...

Pend Oreille completes building addition.(Member News)
November 1, 2007... Construction of a 5,200 square foot addition to Pend Oreille PUD's Newport, Wash., office was completed early in October, and now staff members are settling into the much needed extra space. A ribbon cutting ceremony was held on October 2,...

Decker named COO at BPA.(Member News)
November 1, 2007... The former vice president of PacifiCorp, Anita Decker, has been named chief operating officer (COO) at the Bonneville Power Administration (Portland, Ore.). Decker started working at PacifiCorp in 1980 in conservation and marketing...

Still promoted at KEA.(Member News)
November 1, 2007... Kodiak Electric Association (KEA) in Kodiak, Alaska, has promoted Aaron Still to the position of maintenance/relief operator. Still previously worked in a temporary position as a mechanic helper in the Power House. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

We remember.
November 1, 2007... Kootenai Electric Cooperative employee Jake Booth was fatally injured on Tuesday, October 23, 2007, while working on power lines south of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. He was 23 years old. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] He had graduated from Davenport...

Pace named president of Wagner-Smith equipment.(Associate Member News)
November 1, 2007... As of October 1, James Pace became the new president of Wagner-Smith Equipment Co., a business unit of MDU Construction Services Group, Inc. As president, he will direct the manufacturing, sales, and leasing activities of Wagner-Smith...

L&S Electric appoints senior controls engineer.(Associate Member News)
November 1, 2007... Wisconsin-based L&S Electric, Inc. has named James Volk to be the senior controls engineer for the Engineering Division of the company. Volk graduated Magna Cure Laude from the University of North Dakota with degrees in electrical engineering...

Elections and awards at PNGC.(Associate Member News)
November 1, 2007... The PNGC Power Board of Directors has elected the following new officers for the 2008 fiscal year: Rick Crinklaw, chairman of the board; Steve Eldrige, vice chairman; and Jon Shelby, secretary/treasurer. Terms are for one year and began on...

NWPPA looks to work with WGA on energy initiatives.(Washington D.C. Report)
November 1, 2007... Since June, NWPPA has been working to develop a new committee focused on opening a dialogue on regional energy issues with the Western Governors' Association (WGA) and its members. I am the chairman of this new committee: the Western Energy...

Snohomish PUD promotes energy-efficient buildings.(Cover story)
November 1, 2007... Although it doesn't open until fall 2009, a new high school in Lynnwood, Wash., is already getting high marks from students, teachers, and administrators for its 350-seat theater, community library, greenhouse for environmental education, and...