Western Area Power Administration

The Western Area Power Administration (WAPA) markets and delivers hydroelectric power and related services within a 15-state region of the central and western United States. It is one of four power marketing administrations within the U.S. Department of Energy having the role to market and transmit electricity from multi-use water projects to retail power distribution companies and public authorities. Its transmission system carries electricity from 55 hydropower plants operated by the Bureau of Reclamation, United States Army Corps of Engineers and the International Boundary and Water Commission. Together, these plants have a capacity of 10,600 megawatts. WAPA is headquartered in the Denver, Colorado suburb of Lakewood, Colorado.

WAPA built several parts of the important Path 15 corridor that connects power grids in the Southwest and Pacific Northwest (the rest was privately built by PG&E). Recently, WAPA helped remedy a transmission bottleneck near Los Banos, California. That bottleneck was one of the reasons for the California electricity crisis in 2000-01. Another important transmission corridor WAPA built was Path 66, paralleling Path 15.

WAPA also owns and operates many electric power substations like the Mead substation to distribute power within the region.

WAPA and its energy-producing partners are separately managed and financed. In addition, each water project maintains a separate financial system and records.

Settlement for blackout

WAPA settled with FERC and NERC for the 2011 blackout.^[1]^[2]

References

↑ FERC Approves Fourth Settlement in 2011 Southwest Blackout Case Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
↑ Western Area Power Administration-Desert Southwest Region Reaches Settlement Agreement with FERC, NERC

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Components of the United States Department of Energy

Headquarters: James V. Forrestal Building Ernest Moniz, Secretary of Energy Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall, Deputy Secretary of Energy

Deputy Secretary of Energy	Office of Intelligence and Counterintelligence Energy Information Administration ARPA-E

Under Secretary of Energy for Energy and Environment	Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

Under Secretary of Energy for Nuclear Security	National Nuclear Security Administration

Under Secretary of Energy for Science	Office of Science OSTI

Assistant Secretary of Energy for Nuclear Energy	Office of Nuclear Energy

Power Marketing Administration	Bonneville Power Administration Southeastern Power Administration Southwestern Power Administration Western Area Power Administration

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Independent Agency	Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Electric and gas utilities in California

Investor-owned utility	Bear Valley Electric Liberty Utilities Pacific Power PG&E SDG&E SCE Southwest Gas

Community and municipality owned	Alameda Municipal Power Anaheim Public Utilities Azusa Light & Power Banning Public Utilities Biggs Municipal Utilities Burbank Water and Power Cerritos Electric Utility City of Industry Public Utility Colton Electric Utility Corona Water and Power Eastside Power Authority Glendale Water & Power Gridley Electric Utility Healdsburg Electric Utility Hercules Municipal Utility Imperial Irrigation District Kirkwood Meadows Public Utility District Lassen Municipal Utility District Lodi Electric Utility Lompoc Public Utility Los Angeles Department of Water and Power City of Long Beach Department of Gas and Water Merced Irrigation District Modesto Irrigation District Moreno Valley Electrical Utility Needles Public Utility Palo Alto Public Utility Pasadena Water & Power Pittsburg Public Utility Port of Oakland Port of Stockton Power & Water Resources Pooling Authority Rancho Cucamonga Municipal Utility Redding Electric Utility Riverside Public Utilities Roseville Electric Sacramento Municipal Utility District San Francisco Public Utilities Commission Shasta Lake Public Utility Shelter Cove Resort Improvement District Silicon Valley Power Trinity Public Utilities District Truckee Donner Public Utilities District Turlock Irrigation District Ukiah Public Utility Vernon Light and Power Victorville Municipal Utilities Services

Joint powers authorities	Northern California Power Agency Southern California Public Power Authority

Government agencies	California Department of Water Resources Western Area Power Administration

Community choice aggregation	Marin Energy Authority

Cooperatives	Anza Electric Cooperative Plumas-Sierra Rural Electric Cooperative Surprise Valley Electrification Corporation

Native American utilities	Aha Macav Power Service Morongo Band of Mission Indians

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