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Welcome to WAPA's Energy Services Program

Energy Services helps Western Area Power Administration customers improve energy efficiency, explore alternative resource options, find new technologies and learn about programs and techniques at other utilities. Services include an equipment loan program, technical assistance, and a full menu of publications available both on-line and in printed version. We work closely with WAPA's Renewables Program to encourage customers to develop, ​purchase and use of renewable energy. Learn more

2016 Holiday Lights fact sheet now available

You can recognize Energy Efficiency Day, Oct. 5, by downloading the latest Holiday Lights fact sheet and sharing it with your customers. The 2016 version has a fresh new look and lots of timely information.  

Check out headlines in Energy Services Bulletin 

If you don't receive the monthly Energy Services Bulletin announcements, take a minute to subscribe   . Western will never share your information with an outside party. Feel free to contact the Energy Services Bulletin editor with any questions.

RMUEE presentations available online 

If you were not able to attend the Rocky Mountain Utility Efficiency Exchange    , (RMUEE) Sept. 28-30--or if you just want to go back over the finer points of a session--you can download the presentations now. We hope the information you find will convince you that the RMUEE is the one conference you shouldn't miss.  

You can also help to make next year's event (Sept. 27-29, 2017) even better by taking a quick survey     to let us know what kind of topics you would like to include on the agenda.

Register to submit your annual IRP online

Submitting your annual integrated resource plan update is easier for Western customers with the online IRP data collection program. Register to use this standardized tool for annual integrated resource plan updates.

Like the compliance training program, the web-based system is designed to streamline the reporting process, increase customers' understanding of the IRP requirements and ensure a consistent review process.

  • Energy and Economic Success Studies
    Online, Web - Starts: 11/28/2016
    Learn about successful projects that contributed to over 320 buildings being audited or retrofitted, moved more than 580 MW of renewable energy projects toward development, assessed the potential for more than 4,000 MW of renewable energy generation, and trained more than 170 tribal members on energy topics. More Info
  • Smarter Procurement for Community Solar Solutions
    Online, Web - Starts: 11/30/2016
    12 p.m. CT Free webinar explores innovations in community solar program design. More Info
  • Working Effectively with Local Media
    Online, Web - Starts: 11/30/2016
    12-1:30 PM MT Second in webinar series offers tips and tricks to forge strong relationships with your local media. Get practical guidelines to jumpstart or make over your media relations and get messages to your key audiences. More Info
  • Unlocking Customer Demand through Peer Diffusion
    Online , Web - Starts: 11/30/2016
    11 am-12 pm MT With the aim of transforming homeowner demand for energy upgrades, this webinar details the opportunity for service providers to engage with homeowners in ways that promote social interaction and comparison around these home improvements. More Info
  • Webinar 2017 FOA - Deployment of Energy Efficiency and Clean Energy on Indian Lands
    Online, Web - Starts: 11/30/2016
    1-3 PM MT This webinar will provide a description of the FOA, the types of applications sought, who is eligible to apply, cost share and other requirements, what the application needs to contain, how to ask questions, and how applications will be selected for funding. It will be recorded and posted for later viewing. More Info
  • 2016 Building Efficiency Standards: Changes and Challenges
    Carlsbad, CA - Starts: 12/1/2016
    This seminar will cover what’s new in the Energy Code for both residential and non-residential buildings. The session will also review challenges in implementing the 2103 standards, strategies for addressing them and solutions that may be included in the recent revisions. More Info
  • 2016 ACEEE Intelligent Efficiency Conference
    Austin, TX - Starts: 12/3/2016
    Professionals from the IT, telecom, energy efficiency, utility, solution provider, and policy sectors will share and learn how information and communications technology (ICT) can improve the use of energy. More Info
  • 10 Ways to Enhance your Custom Program Performance
    Online, Web - Starts: 12/7/2016
    11 a.m. MT The energy efficiency community has been running custom programs serving commercial and industrial customers for decades. And yet, program performance still sometimes lags in terms of expected results and verified energy savings. Learn about the top ten recommendations for improving custom program performance. More Info
  • Solar Carports: Turning University Parking Facilities into Renewable Electricity Plants
    Online, Web - Starts: 12/7/2016
    12-1 pm MT This webinar explores how colleges and universities can transform underutilized parking facilities into solar power generation systems. On-site solar can help institutions better control their energy costs, reduce their carbon footprints, meet stated renewable energy goals and develop real-world teaching tools. More Info
  • 10 Ways to Enhance your Custom Program Performance
    Online, Web - Starts: 12/7/2016
    11 am MT Get the top ten recommendations for improving custom program performance. Program administrators and implementers can incorporate these recommendations, in program design and delivery, to help custom projects live up to their promised savings claims. More Info
  • Starting and Sustaining Social Media for Your Utility
    Online, Web - Starts: 12/8/2016
    12-1:30 PM MT Engaging with current and future customers on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram, and more is critical to your utility’s survival. Learn best practices, tips, and tricks to debut utility’s social media presence or to take it to the next level. More Info
  • Power-Gen International
    Orlando, FL - Starts: 12/12/2016
    POWER-GEN International is the industry leader in providing comprehensive coverage of the trends, technologies and issues facing the generation sector. More Info
  • Process Innovations to Accelerate Home Upgrade Programs
    Online, Web - Starts: 12/14/2016
    11 am - 12:30 pm MT Tune in to hear how two accelerator partners, APS and Build It Green, have identified opportunities and built solutions using standard data and workforce specifications to deliver results and improve contractor relationships. More Info
  • Process Innovations to Accelerate Home Upgrade Programs
    Online, Web - Starts: 12/14/2016
    11 am MT Tune in to hear how two accelerator partners, APS and Build It Green, have identified opportunities and built solutions using standard data and workforce specifications to deliver results and improve contractor relationships More Info
  • Level I Thermography Training
    Denver, CO - Starts: 1/8/2017
    This course is geared to the new infrared camera user and focuses on how thermography is used for a variety of condition monitoring/predictive maintenance applications. Attendees completing all training course requirements and a thermography field assignment will receive a Level I Infrared Thermography Certification. More Info
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