Bulletin (Northwest Public Power Association) articles from September 2006

Bulletin (Northwest Public Power Association) archives from September 2006

A look back at public power.(Association News)
September 1, 2006... 50 Years Ago--1956 An overall rate cut of 10 percent went into effect on September 1 for all electric bills of the municipally owned electric system of Drain, Ore.... The Central Alaska Power Association applied for a preliminary permit...

2006 NWWH annual meeting quickly approaching.(Association News)
September 1, 2006... Northwest Wage & Hour Information Services 2006 Annual Meeting October 10-13 River House Resort Bend, Ore. This year's Northwest Wage & Hour (NWWH) annual meeting is only a month away--have you registered yet? Don't miss out...

Electric utility best practices: PCB VAR Program.(Association News)
September 1, 2006... As reported in past Bulletin articles, NWPPA and EPA Regions VIII, IX, and X have been testing components of an Electric Utility PCB Voluntary Accelerated Removal (VAR) Program. In an effort to acknowledge and recognize utilities that have made...

Certificate class highlight: PUD Commissioner and City Council Leadership Certificate Program.(Association News)
September 1, 2006... Who Should Attend--All city council and PUD commissioners desiring a basic knowledge of the utility industry and definition of policymaker roles within public power utilities should complete this certificate program. By completing each of the...

NWPPA welcomes new member utilities.(Association News)
September 1, 2006... Within the first six months of 2006, the following six utilities joined our membership; as with all of the association's members, each of them brings its own uniqueness to the public power community. * The City of Ephraim, located in...

Training for October, November & December 2006.(NWPPA Training Opportunities)(Calendar)
September 1, 2006... For a detailed list of all upcoming courses and conferences go to www.nwppa.org REVENUE METERING: ASSOCIATED HAZARDS AND SAFETY PRACTICES Who Should Attend: Journeymen linemen, metermen, apprentices, or other personnel. Overview:...

Executive director's column.(Column)
September 1, 2006... Dear Members, As most of you know, our industry's statewide associations hold their annual meetings during the summer and fall of each year. These meetings are a great place for NWPPA staff to meet with members and learn about the...

Angry customers are no laughing matter; make sure they are heard.(Customer Service)
September 1, 2006... How many times a day do your customer service representatives take a telephone call only to find an upset, angry, or frustrated individual on the other end? Something your utility did or did not do has irritated that customer to the point of...

Green marketing benefits the brand and the customer: few people, if any, actively set out to do harm to the environment and most have some understanding of how green is good. In fact, achieving greenness has been on the minds of executives and business owners now more than ever.(Marketing & Communications)
September 1, 2006... The benefits of being environmentally responsible, or green, are fairly easy to comprehend. Few people, if any, actively set out to do harm to the environment and most have some understanding of how green is good. In fact, achieving greenness...

Alaska cooperatives earn National Communications Awards.(Member News)
September 1, 2006... Four Alaska electric cooperatives recently took honors in the 2006 National Spotlight on Excellence awards program, sponsored by the Council of Rural Electric Communicators: * Chugach Electric Association garnered Awards of Excellence in...

DEED Energy Innovator Award goes to Ferry County PUD.(Member News)
September 1, 2006... Washington's Public Utility District No. 1 of Ferry County received the DEED Energy Innovator Award at the APPA convention in June. This award, sponsored by the Demonstration of Energy-Efficient Developments (DEED) program at APPA, recognizes...

NVEC sends four students to Youth Energy Seminar.(Member News)
September 1, 2006... Nespelem Valley Electric Cooperative (NVEC) selected the following local high school students to attend the 2006 Youth Energy Seminar (YES) in Boreal Ridge, Calif., on July 10-15: Teaya Epperson, Shawn Ankney, David Cox Jr., and Angela Iukes....

Cowlitz County PUD rejoins Energy Northwest.(Member News)
September 1, 2006... Energy Northwest's Board of Directors unanimously voted to approve a membership application from Cowlitz County PUD No. 1. Cowlitz PUD, based in Longview, Wash., provides electric service to 46,700 residential, commercial, industrial, and...

PNGC works its way through leadership transition.(Member News)
September 1, 2006... PNGC Power, a prominent Northwest energy services cooperative, announced the appointment of Joe Nadal as interim president and chief executive officer. Nadal has been with the company for 27 years, serving most recently as senior vice president...

Reiten to move from PNGC to Pacific Power.(Member News)
September 1, 2006... PNGC Power announced that its president and CEO, Patrick Reiten, will be leaving the company on September 15, 2006. Reiten is leaving in order to accept the position of president of Pacific Power, an electric distribution utility serving...

Columbia nuclear plant sets all-time performance record.(Member News)
September 1, 2006... Energy Northwest's Columbia Generating Station nuclear power plant is enjoying the longest continuous operation run in its 22-year history. The previous record of 393 days was officially broken at 4:03 p.m. on July 30, 2006; this current record...

AVEC employees earn professional achievements.(Member News)
September 1, 2006... After passing rigorous examinations, two Alaska Village Electric Cooperative (AVEC) employees recently earned the following professional achievements: Adam Christianson earned his Professional Engineer (P.E.) license in mechanical engineering...

Personnel changes at Flathead Electric.(Member News)
September 1, 2006... Flathead Electric Cooperative (FEC) would like to congratulate two of its employees for their recent career moves: Stephanie Wallace is the new Human Resources and Community Relations manager and Dan Anderson is the new manager of engineering....

City Light is climate neutral for second straight year: first electric utility in the U.S. to each emission standard.(Member News)
September 1, 2006... As part of Mayor Greg Nickels' efforts to make Seattle a leader in the effort to reduce greenhouse gas pollution, City Light has achieved net zero greenhouse-gas emissions for the second year in a row. For the second consecutive year, Seattle...

Federal action has PUD hoping for new Rocky Reach license this fall.(Member News)
September 1, 2006... Chelan County PUD expects that two fish-related documents--one from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and one from NOAA Fisheries--are the last major items needed before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) can issue a new operating...

More good news about rates from Benton PUD.(Member News)
September 1, 2006... At the beginning of August, Benton PUD announced that there would be a four percent rate decrease with the new rates in September. "We are pleased to decrease rates yet again for our customers," said Bob Bertsch, Benton PUD Commission...

DMC--Designed Metal Connections.(Associate Member Profiles)
September 1, 2006... DMC--Designed Metal Connections Jeff Haugen 14800 South Figueroa St. Gardena, CA 90248 Phone: (310) 323-6200 Fax: (310) 329-2505 jhaugen@deutschco.com www.deutschco.com Designed Metal Connections has...

GAD Consultants, Inc.(Associate Member Profiles)
September 1, 2006... GAD Consultants, Inc. Gary DeWinter, Jr. P.O. Box 1140 Washougal, WA 98671 Phone: (360) 835-8805 Fax: (360) 835-0439 gadconsultants@lanset.com Manufacturers' representative/ consultant.

TCP, Inc. has been busy; creates GU24 base and metal halide lamps.(Technology Marketplace)
September 1, 2006... As a leader in lighting innovations, TCP, Inc. provides a wide variety of lighting solutions. Over the past few months, the Ohio-based company has produced two new products that will help energy users nationwide. Energy efficient...

The other game in town: OATT reform.(Washington D.C. Report)
September 1, 2006... In preparation for drafting comments on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (FERC) proposed rule to reform its pro forma open access transmission tariff (OATT), APPA staff took an unusual step: the Policy Analysis staff surveyed APPA...

What goes around comes around: utilities turn waste into wattage: Pacific Northwest utilities reap the benefits of landfill gas projects.(Cover story)
September 1, 2006... If asked to play a bit of word association with the word landfill, most people would probably say: garbage, flies, smell, eyesore, pollutants, gross, wasteful. However, ask several Northwest utility managers what the word landfill means to...