NEWS FROM WESTERN AREA POWER ADMINISTRATION

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 28, 2008
CONTACT: Jen Neville, neville@wapa.gov, 720-962-7054

FEDERAL FACILITIES SEEK MORE POWER

LAKEWOOD, Colo.—Two New Mexico Federal facilities need up to 70 megawatts of additional block power starting in January 2009.

Western Area Power Administration’s Colorado River Storage Project Management Center issued a Request for Proposals (pdf) for power deliveries to Sandia National Laboratories and Kirtland Air Force Base.

The RFP seeks power supplies starting on or after Jan. 1, 2009 for a period of six months to 10 years.

Proposals are due by April 4, 2008. See the full Request for Proposals at: http://www.wapa.gov/CRSP. For more information, contact Lyle Johnson at 801-524-5585, ljohnson@wapa.gov or Burt Hawkes at 801-524-3344, hawkes@wapa.gov.

-30-

Western Area Power Administration annually markets and transmits more than 10,000 megawatts of power from hydroelectric powerplants owned and operated by the Bureau of Reclamation and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in 15 western and central states.  It is part of the Department of Energy.

PO Box 281213 Lakewood , CO 80228-2802 · Phone: 720-962-7050 · Toll Free: 1-800-982-4523
Fax: 720-962-7059 · E-mail: CorpComm@wapa.gov· Web site: http://www.wapa.gov

Serving the West with Federal hydropower

Return to the Newsroom.