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WIRAB Staff Comments on Proposed Amendments to the Peak Bylaws – Biennial Elections | April 2017

April 5, 2017

The Western Interconnection Regional Advisory Body (“WIRAB”) staff submitted comments to the Peak Reliability Board of Directors on proposed amendments to the Peak Bylaws that would establish biennial director elections and extend director terms from three to four years. The WIRAB staff comments express general support for the proposed amendments and recommend that the Bylaws…

EIM-BOSR Teleconference | April 10, 2017

March 31, 2017

The Energy Imbalance Market (EIM) Body of State Regulators (BOSR) met on April 10, 2017. Agenda

Spring 2017 Joint CREPC-WIRAB Meeting

March 22, 2017

The Committee on Regional Electric Power Cooperation (CREPC) and Western Interconnection Regional Advisory Body (WIRAB) meeting took place from 1:00 p.m. MDT Wednesday, April 12, 2017 to 12 noon MDT Friday, April 14, 2017 at the Boise Centre East in downtown Boise, Idaho. Hotel accommodations were at the Grove Hotel (next door to the Boise…

2017 WIEB Annual Board Meeting | Boise, Idaho | April 12, 2017

March 22, 2017

The annual meeting of the Western Interstate Energy Board was held on April 12th in Boise, Idaho. Agenda topics included: Activities of WIEB’s High-Level Radioactive Waste Committee; WIEB’s new SunShot Award to Mitigate or Remove Barriers to Deployment of Solar PV; WIEB’s new Summer Internship Program with Stanford University; WIEB’s Fiscal Year 2017-18 Budget and…

WIRAB Advice on the Composition of the Western Electricity Coordinating Council Nominating Committee

March 21, 2017

The Western Interconnection Regional Advisory Body (“WIRAB”) submitted advice to the Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC) Member Advisory Committee’s (MAC’s) Nominating Committee Composition Work Group (Work Group) on the composition of the WECC Nominating Committee (NC). In response to concerns about Member Class representation on the NC, the Work Group developed a whitepaper exploring possible…

WIRAB Advice on the Composition of the Western Electricity Coordinating Council Nominating Committee | February 2017

March 21, 2017

EIM-BOSR Teleconference | March 27, 2017

March 20, 2017

The Energy Imbalance Market (EIM) Body of State Regulators (BOSR) met on March 27, 2017. Agenda

WIRAB Monthly Meeting Cancelled (April 2017)

March 20, 2017

The April 6, 2017 Western Interconnection Regional Advisory Body (WIRAB) Monthly Teleconference Meeting is cancelled for this month. Please join us in Boise, ID for our Spring 2017 Joint CREPC-WIRAB meeting on April 12-14. The next WIRAB Monthly Meeting is scheduled for May 4, 2017 at 11:00 AM MT.

Linking to Obtain the Potential Benefits of Broader Carbon Markets: Requirement of the Western Climate Initiative (WCI) | December 2016

March 9, 2017

Given that heterogeneous carbon emission reduction policies and programs are developing in the West on a state-by-state basis, Western states may be interested in how to link with other programs to gain the benefits of larger carbon markets. This brief describes the WCI, one of two U.S. regional carbon markets, and describes the requirements of…

Linking to Obtain the Potential Benefits of Broader Carbon Markets: Requirements of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) | December 2016