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{{Short description|Power administration in the U.S. Department of Energy}} | {{Short description|Power administration in the U.S. Department of Energy}} | ||
{{Organization | |||
|OrganizationName= Western Area Power Administration | |||
|OrganizationType= Independent Agencies (Sub-organization) | |||
|Mission= To market and deliver clean, renewable, reliable, cost-based federal hydroelectric power and related services to preference customers across 15 states in the central and western U.S. | |||
|OrganizationExecutive= Administrator | |||
|Employees= 1500 | |||
|Budget= $1 billion (Annual revenue) | |||
|Website=https://www.wapa.gov | |||
|Services= Power marketing; Transmission services; Energy management | |||
|ParentOrganization= U.S. Department of Energy | |||
|CreationLegislation= Department of Energy Organization Act (1977) | |||
|Regulations= | |||
|HeadquartersLocation= 39.726337, -105.081311 | |||
|HeadquartersAddress= 12155 W Alameda Pkwy, Lakewood, CO 80228 | |||
}} | |||
[[File:Workers from Western Area Power Administration de-energize high power lines (7987054822).jpg|alt=Sample of high-voltage transmission lines owned, operated and maintained by WAPA|300px|thumb|Western Area Power Administration, as one of four power marketing administrations in the U.S. Department of Energy, is responsible for marketing and delivering wholesale federal hydropower to customers in 15 central and western states.]] | [[File:Workers from Western Area Power Administration de-energize high power lines (7987054822).jpg|alt=Sample of high-voltage transmission lines owned, operated and maintained by WAPA|300px|thumb|Western Area Power Administration, as one of four power marketing administrations in the U.S. Department of Energy, is responsible for marketing and delivering wholesale federal hydropower to customers in 15 central and western states.]] | ||
As one of the four [[Power Marketing Administration|power marketing administrations]] within the [[U.S. Department of Energy]], the '''Western Area Power Administration''' ('''WAPA''')'s role is to market wholesale [[hydropower]] generated at 57 hydroelectric federal [[dam]]s operated by the [[Bureau of Reclamation]], [[United States Army Corps of Engineers]] and the [[International Boundary and Water Commission]]. WAPA delivers this power through a more than 17,000-circuit-mile, [[high-voltage]] [[power transmission]] system to more than 700 preference power customers across the West. Those customers, in turn, provide retail electric service to more than 40 million consumers. WAPA is headquartered in the [[Denver, Colorado]] suburb of [[Lakewood, Colorado]].{{Citation needed|date=May 2020}} | As one of the four [[Power Marketing Administration|power marketing administrations]] within the [[U.S. Department of Energy]], the '''Western Area Power Administration''' ('''WAPA''')'s role is to market wholesale [[hydropower]] generated at 57 hydroelectric federal [[dam]]s operated by the [[Bureau of Reclamation]], [[United States Army Corps of Engineers]] and the [[International Boundary and Water Commission]]. WAPA delivers this power through a more than 17,000-circuit-mile, [[high-voltage]] [[power transmission]] system to more than 700 preference power customers across the West. Those customers, in turn, provide retail electric service to more than 40 million consumers. WAPA is headquartered in the [[Denver, Colorado]] suburb of [[Lakewood, Colorado]].{{Citation needed|date=May 2020}} | ||