CDs

Western offers a variety of guidebooks and publications on CDs to our customers free of charge.  Contact Energy Services to request any of these publications.

• Effective Public Participation for Municipal Utilities/Public Participation for Community-owned Utilities (2007)
  Funded by a grant from American Public Power Association's (APPA) Demonstration of Energy-efficient Development   (DEED) program. 
• Establishing an In-house Wind Maintenance Program: A Case Study of Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (2009)
  Sponsored by APPA's DEED program, Western Area Power Administration and Wind Powering America. 
• Fifteen Case Studies: Public Power Investments in Wind (2009)
  Sponsored by APPA's DEED program, Western Area Power Administration and Wind Power America. 
• Guidebook to Expanding the Role of Renewables in a Power Supply Portfolio (2007)
  Prepared for APPA's DEED program by Alterra Energy, Inc. Sponsored by Gila Resources and Western Area Power Administration.
• Small Wind Electric Systems: A U.S. Consumer's Guide (2007)
  Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy (USDOE), Western Area Power Administration and Wind Powering America.
•  Wind Handbook for Electric Cooperatives: An Introduction to Wind Devlopment from Resource Planning Objectives through Technology Procurement Options (2009)
  Sponsored by the USDOE, National Rural Electric Cooperative Association   (NRECA), Western Area Power Administration and Wind Powering America. 
• Wind Workshop in a Box: A resource kit to assist in educating your community about wind energy (2009)
  Developed by the Interstate Renewable Energy Council   (IRECA), Western Area Power Administration and Wind Powering America.