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Job Posting - Technical Trainer

JOB DESCRIPTION 

JOB TITLE: Technical Trainer, Western Power Pool (WPP)

APPLICATION MATERIALS:

Applicants are required to submit a combined cover letter and resume in one document. 

Interested parties should submit their cover letter and resume to Keith.Schreiner@westernpowerpool.org

SALARY AND BENEFITS:

In addition to a competitive salary range of $85,000 - $135,000 Western Power Pool employees enjoy outstanding benefits including medical, dental, vision, …

June 14, 2024, 7:18 a.m.

New Members Successfully Integrated into Northwest Power Pool Reserve…

Yearlong ‘tremendous’ effort culminates in cutover on May 1

PORTLAND, Ore. – After a yearlong complex implementation effort, 10 new members successfully joined operations of the Northwest Power Pool Reserve Sharing Group on May 1.

The new participants are former members of the Southwest Reserve Sharing Group, coming from Arizona, New Mexico, Southern Nevada, California’s Imperial Valley and Texas. They reached an agreement in June 2023 to join the NWPP Reserve Shar…

May 28, 2024, 9:31 a.m.

Western Power Pool Statement in Response to WRAP Participant Letter t…

Participants in the Western Resource Adequacy Program (WRAP) published a letter today in which they stated they will not elect to move to a binding program in Summer 2026. Instead, participants will propose a revised WRAP transition plan with the goal of beginning a binding program in 2027.

We have worked closely with participants as they considered this decision. WPP will continue working with them as they develop their revised transition proposal.

Our goal has always been to have a crit…

April 22, 2024, 11:16 a.m.