Spring 2020 Joint CREPC-WIRAB Webinar Series #2

Price Formation in Wholesale Electricity Markets The primary role of a market price is to reflect equilibrium between supply and demand. In a well-functioning and competitive wholesale electricity market, the market price represents the cost per megawatt-hour to procure the next megawatt needed to balance the system.  This common understanding of price formation in wholesale…
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WIRAB Webinar Series (Webinar #2): Medium-Term Reliability – System Balancing

WIRAB Webinar Series – Grid Reliability and the Changing Resource Mix The Western Interconnection Regional Advisory Body (WIRAB) hosted a series of five tutorials on how the changing resource mix affects grid reliability. Power system experts Debbie Lew and Nick Miller broke down grid reliability needs into long-term, medium-term, and short-term timeframes to discuss how…
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Spring 2020 Joint CREPC-WIRAB Webinar Series #1

Resource Adequacy Program for Electric Utilities in the West The Northwest Power Pool, with the financial support of 18 of its 35 members, has embarked on the design of a voluntary Resource Adequacy Program for electric utilities in the West.  The purpose of the Resource Adequacy Program is to ensure adequate generating capacity is available…
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WIRAB Webinar Series (Webinar #1): Long-Term Reliability – Resource Adequacy

WIRAB Webinar Series – Grid Reliability and the Changing Resource Mix The Western Interconnection Regional Advisory Body (WIRAB) hosted a series of five tutorials on how the changing resource mix affects grid reliability. Power system experts Debbie Lew and Nick Miller broke down grid reliability needs into long-term, medium-term, and short-term timeframes to discuss how…
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WIRAB Webinar Series – Grid Reliability and the Changing Resource Mix

The Western Interconnection Regional Advisory Body (WIRAB) hosted a series of five tutorials on how the changing resource mix affects grid reliability. Power system experts Debbie Lew and Nick Miller broke down grid reliability needs into long-term, medium-term, and short-term timeframes to discuss how to consider grid reliability with the changing grid. Although the subject…
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Spring 2020 Joint CREPC-WIRAB Webinar Series

The Committee on Regional Electric Power Cooperation (CREPC) and the Western Interconnection Regional Advisory Body (WIRAB) hosted a Spring 2020 Joint CREPC-WIRAB Webinar Series.  The scheduled webinars included the following: 1. Friday, April 17th Resource Adequacy Program for Electric Utilities in the West  2. Friday, April 24th Price Formation in Wholesale Electricity Markets 3. Friday,…
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Spring 2020 EIM-BOSR Meeting | Webinar

The Spring 2020 Western Energy Imbalance Market (EIM) Body of State Regulators (BOSR) Meeting was held via webinar on Wednesday, April 29, 9:30-11:30 Mountain time.  The agenda included: Delegation of Authority to the EIM Governing Body Xcel’s Decision to Join the EIM Transmission Provision in an Extended Day-Ahead Market (EDAM)   Agenda
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WIRAB Monthly Meeting | April 2, 2020

Thursday, April 2, 2020 | 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Mountain Time   The Western Interconnection Regional Advisory Body (WIRAB) is conducting its monthly teleconference to discuss current initiatives and activities of WIRAB.  The purpose of the monthly meetings is for WIRAB Staff to provide WIRAB Representatives with progress reports on key initiatives and activities,…
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BOSR Monthly Meeting | March 13, 2020

The Western Energy Imbalance Market (EIM) Body of State Regulators (BOSR) is conducting its monthly teleconference to discuss current initiatives and activities of the BOSR.  The purpose of the monthly meetings is for BOSR Staff to provide BOSR Representatives with progress reports on key initiatives and activities, to educate BOSR Representatives on wholesale electricity market…
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