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Control Performance Standard BAL-001-2

July 13, 2015 | Control Performance Standard BAL-001-2 | [presentation] | NERC’s new reliability control standard, BAL-001-2, became effective June 21, 2015. The purpose of this reliability standard is to maintain interconnection frequency within predefined frequency limits. Balancing Authorities in the Western Interconnection have been field testing BAL-001-2 since March 2010. We discussed results of…
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WIRAB/SPSC submitted comments to the Western Planning Region Group (California ISO, ColumbiaGrid, Northern Tier, and WestConnect) on its proposed Interregional Transmission Planning Coordination (ITPC) Procedures. | July 2015

WIRAB/SPSC submitted comments to the Western Planning Region Group (California ISO, ColumbiaGrid, Northern Tier, and WestConnect) on its proposed Interregional Transmission Planning Coordination (ITPC) Procedures. The comments go beyond recommending improvements to the proposed ITPC Procedures and make specific recommendations regarding the future role of the Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC) in developing interconnection-wide transmission…
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Grid Authority and Performance

July 6, 2015 | Grid Authority and Performance | [presentation] | This webinar covered the history and evolution of NERC’s authority and explained how reliability standards are developed and enforced. It also described the roles and responsibilities of Balancing Authorities, Transmission Operators, Generation Operators and Reliability Coordinators. The discussion included the history of NERC’s Control…
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Final report released by E3

April 2015 – E3 – Western Interconnection Flexibility Assessment: Interim Project Report Energy and Environmental Economics (E3) completed the Interim Project Report of the Western Interconnection Flexibility Assessment. This is a collaborative project among WECC, WIEB, NREL and E3 to investigate the operational challenges of increasing levels of variable generation in the Western Interconnection and…
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Final report released by MJ Bradley

April 2015 – MJ Bradley – Methane Emissions in the Natural Gas Life Cycle This report concerns the issue of methane leakage during the life cycle of natural gas-fired power generation. Methane leakage is an important issue because methane is a greenhouse gas (GHG) of much greater global warming potential than carbon dioxide (as much…
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Final report released by EQL

April 2015 – EQL – Emerging Changes in Electric Distribution Systems in Western States Provinces Distributed Energy Resources (DER) are, and will continue to be, a growing component of WECC resources. Historically, new facility investment in distribution systems has been for load growth; more recently, investment in distribution systems has expanded to include DER (on…
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