NORTHWEST POWER POOL (NWPP) serves as a forum in the electrical industry for reliability and operational adequacy issues in the Northwest, through both the transition period of restructuring and the future. NWPP promotes cooperation among its members in order to achieve reliable operation of the electrical power system, coordinate power system planning, and assist in transmission planning in the Northwest Interconnected Area.

It is a voluntary organization comprised of major generating utilities serving the Northwestern U.S., British Columbia and Alberta. Smaller, principally non-generating utilities in the region participate indirectly through the member system with which they are interconnected.

The Pool was originally formed in 1942, when the federal government directed utilities to coordinate operations in support of wartime production. NWPP activities are largely determined by major committees - the Operating Committee, the PNCA Coordinating Group, and the Transmission Planning Committee.

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