Western Area Power Administration – Safely provide reliable, cost-based hydropower and transmission to our customers and the communities we serve.

WAPA approves one transmission rate across four DSW projects

One Transmission Rate consolidates rates in Desert Southwest.

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DOE & WAPA unveil $1.3B commitment to expand & strengthen the nation’s grid

Southline project aims to boost capacity, resilience and reliability for power customers in the West.

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WAPA to collaborate with GridLiance

Exploration targets transmission system congestion solutions

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WAPA Selects Sierra Nevada Regional Manager

Michelle Williams

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WAPA Selects New Chief of Staff

Christopher Lawrence

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View WAPA's FY24 Budget Request

Administrator and CEO Tracey A. LeBeau testified May 23

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FY 2022 Annual Report Available

The report highlights many examples of WAPA collaborating with customers.

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Working with WAPA

Western Area Power Administration sells power to more than 684 firm and non-firm wholesale power customers, including cities and towns, rural electric cooperatives, public utility and irrigation districts.

CAREERS AT WAPA
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THE SOURCE
Find recent operational data and financial information in one convenient location.

DOING BUSINESS WITH WAPA
Learn more about how WAPA procures services, supplies and equipment.

Our Regions

Western Area Power Administration employees conduct power sales, transmission operations and maintenance and engineering services at 51 duty stations throughout our service area. Our main offices include a Headquarters office in Lakewood, Colorado; regional offices in Billings, Montana; Loveland, Colorado; Phoenix, Arizona; and Folsom, California; and the Colorado River Storage Project Management Center in Montrose, Colorado.

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CRSP Management Center

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Desert Southwest Region

Rocky Mountain Region

Sierra Nevada Region

Upper Great Plains Regions

Our Services

Western Area Power Administration annually markets and delivers more than 25,000 gigawatt-hours of reliable, cost-based hydropower from power plants at 57 Federal dams to rural electric cooperatives, municipalities, public utility districts, Federal and state agencies, Native American tribes and irrigation districts.