Independent Assessment of the Safety Management Program at Western Area Power Administration
Office of Enterprise Assessments
October 30, 2024
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October 2024,
Independent Assessment of the Safety Management Program at Western Area Power Administration
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Enterprise Assessments (EA) conducted an independent assessment of the effectiveness of the safety management program (SMP) at the Western Area Power Administration (WAPA) from February to July 2024. This assessment, which WAPA requested, focused on the WAPA Headquarters institutional SMP and evaluated its implementation within the framework of integrated safety management (ISM) across WAPA’s Desert Southwestern, Sierra Nevada, Rocky Mountain, and Upper Great Plains Regions. WAPA is also under the regulatory jurisdiction of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.