Utility Energy Forum presentations now online

Nothing can take the place of meeting your colleagues in person and sharing your triumphs and not-so-triumphant moments, but you can find out what everyone was talking about at the 32nd annual Utility Energy Forum, Smart Energy + Smart Technology + Smart Delivery = Smart, Satisfied Customers .  Presentations covering policy and legislation, technology, utility programs, customer strategies for saving energy and more are available online. You can also take a look at the posters from this year's "speed-dating" poster session.

Everyone who attended left with a lot to think about, and Energy Services Bulletin will be featuring stories on some of the highlights over the next several months. Stay turned!

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Western releases 2011 Annual Report

Western: Designed to serve, our Fiscal Year 2011 Annual Report, is now available. The publication documents Western’s accomplishments as well as its 2011 financial statements.

This year’s theme, “Designed to Serve,” demonstrates how Western employees are dedicated to delivering clean, reliable, cost-based energy to customers, who in turn, keep the lights on for millions of Americans with low-cost, reliable power.

“Our Fiscal Year 2011 Annual Report highlights one of the tenets that make us particularly proud and equally humble – we are designed to serve,” said Administrator Tim Meeks.

Guidebooks available on CD

Western offers an extensive library of guidebooks on CD to help utilities explore ways to incorporate more renewable energy into their power mix. The CDs are available to our customers free of charge. See the full list.

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.