News Releases

(May 17) On Tuesday, at Northwest Public Power Association’s 84th Annual Business Meeting in Salt Lake City, Utah, the NWPPA Board of Trustees appointed John Haarlow of Snohomish County PUD (Wash.) as the 2024-2025 NWPPA board president. The board also appointed the following

(May 17) On Wednesday, six individuals and one utility were honored at Northwest Public Power Association’s awards banquet during NWPPA’s 84th Annual Conference and Membership Meeting in Salt Lake City, Utah. NWPPA presented six of the following seven awards at the conference awards

(April 16) On Thursday, April 11, Northwest Public Power Association presented Safety Heroism Awards to groups from Lewis County PUD, Energy Northwest, and Bonneville Power Administration/TFH Construction at the association’s 2024 Engineering & Operations Conference in Tacoma, Washington. NWPPA’s Safety Heroism Award recognizes

(April 16) The 2024 Northwest Public Power Association Safety Award winners were announced Thursday, April 11, at NWPPA’s Engineering & Operations Conference in Tacoma, Washington.Safety contest awards are based upon a review of each utility’s safety contest form, the number of recordable injury/illness

(April 16) On Thursday, April 11, Umatilla Electric Cooperative General Manager Robert Echenrode received Northwest Public Power Association’s 2024 Excellence in Engineering or Operations Award, in honor of Milton Hunt McGuire, at the association’s 2024 Engineering & Operations Conference in Tacoma, Washington.With a

(Oct. 17) Yesterday, the Northwest Public Power Association Board of Trustees selected Kurt Miller to be the association’s next executive director, effective Dec. 1, 2023. Miller is currently the executive director of Northwest RiverPartners, a regional hydropower advocacy group. The previous NWPPA executive

(Sept. 26) The Northwest Public Power Association and its members recently celebrated the 30th anniversary of the Excellence in Communications Awards contest. The contest recognizes the top communications efforts made by NWPPA member utilities and associations. NWPPA presented 99 awards last week at

(Sept. 26) Northwest Public Power Association recently recognized Theresa Phillips as this year’s winner of the 2023 Champion of Communications Award. The award (formerly the Lacy Peoples Award) honors an individual who has demonstrated a lifetime commitment to the public power industry, communication,