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WIEB Webinar Series – Large Electricity Loads: Webinar #2 Understanding the Economics

This second session will take place on Friday, September 12 from 11:00 – 12:00 p.m. MT,  exploring the economic considerations of large loads, including questions of tariffs, rate design, and the broader implications for affordability and grid planning across the region. Speakers: Natalie Frick, Deputy Department Leader, Energy Markets & Policy, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory…
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Fall 2025 Joint CREPC-WIRAB Meeting Registration

Fall 2025 Joint CREPC-WIRAB Meeting Registration General admission is now open for the Fall 2025 Joint CREPC-WIRAB Meeting, Wednesday, October 1 through Friday, October 3, 2025 in Portland, Oregon at the Hilton Portland Downtown. Key Agenda Topics and Speakers Include: The Realities of Resource Adequacy Enabling the Flow: Transmission Expansion Marches Forward Balancing Priorities and the Grid:…
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WIEB Webinar: 2025 Shultz Energy Fellowship

This summer, the Western Interstate Energy Board (WIEB) hosted two Shultz Energy fellows from Stanford University to investigate existing resource adequacy framework and reliability challenges in the Western States. The fellows conducted interviews with stakeholders across the region, from utility representatives to public utility commissioners, to further explore their perspectives on the evolving nature of…
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State Exploration of Western Transmission Cost Allocation Frameworks

The Committee on Regional Electric Power Cooperation is pleased to announce the final working materials of the State Exploration of Western Transmission Cost Allocation Frameworks study it began with Energy Strategies in February 2025, with the support of funding from the U.S. Department of Energy. Energy Strategies worked closely with states through the CREPC Transmission Collaborative to…
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Fall 2025 Joint CREPC-WIRAB | General Admission

"*" indicates required fields Meeting Registration FormThe registration information will be used to create your meeting materials (name tent, name badge, etc.) Please enter it carefully. Name* First Last Please enter the name you want listed on your name tent/badge.PhoneEmail* Organization (as it will be listed on your name tent/badge):*Job Title*The registration fee for the…
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Nuclear Fusion: A Policy Brief | February 2025

Fusion, the process that powers the sun and all stars in which two light atomic nuclei combine to form a single heavier one, releases vast amounts of energy, and it has long dangled the promise of being able to tap into a virtually limitless energy source. Fusion system’s technological development and investment have accelerated in…
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WIRAB Leadership Announcement | August 5, 2025

Commissioner Mary Throne of the Wyoming PSC left state service on August 1 to pursue a new opportunity. Consequently, she stepped down from the Western Interconnection Regional Advisory Body (WIRAB) and vacated her role as Chair. Commissioner Throne served WIRAB with distinction, first as Vice Chair (April 2022 – May 2023) and then as Chair…
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Fall 2025 Joint CREPC-WIRAB | Federal

"*" indicates required fields Federal Employees Registration FormThe registration information will be used to create your meeting materials (name tent, name badge, etc.) Please enter it carefully. Name* First Last Please enter the name you want listed on your name tent/badge.PhoneEmail* Organization (as it will be listed on your name tent/badge):*Job Title*EmailThis field is for…
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