WIRAB webinar on Primary Frequency Response

The Western Interconnection Regional Advisory Body (WIRAB) hosted a one-hour webinar – led by Debra Lew and Nick Miller of GE Energy – on primary frequency response (PFR) of generators within the Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC) region. The key concern with PFR is that currently variable energy resources (VERs), specifically wind and photovoltaics (PVs),…
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Comments of NRDC, WIRAB, WGG, & WRA on the Final Options for Peak Reliability’s UDSA with the Signing of the FAST Act | March 2016

The Western Interconnection Regional Advisory Body (“WIRAB”), Western Resource Advocates (“WRA”), Natural Resources Defense Council (“NRDC”), and Western Grid Group (“WGG”) submitted supplemental comments to the Peak Reliability Member Advisory Committee regarding the direction Peak should take with its Universal Data Sharing Agreement (“UDSA”) since the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (“FAST Act”) was signed…
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Comments of WIRAB, WRA, NRDC, WGG and VAI on the Proposed Options for Peak Reliability’s UDSA with the Signing of the FAST Act

February 12, 2016 The Western Interconnection Regional Advisory Body (“WIRAB”), Western Resource Advocates (“WRA”), Natural Resources Defense Council (“NRDC”), Western Grid Group (“WGG”) and Vanry & Associates Inc. (“VAI”) submitted comments to Peak Reliability on the direction Peak should take with its Universal Data Sharing Agreement (“UDSA”) since the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (“FAST…
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Comments of WIRAB, WRA, NRDC, WGG and VAI on the Proposed Options for Peak Reliability’s UDSA with the Signing of the FAST Act | February 2016

The Western Interconnection Regional Advisory Body (“WIRAB”), Western Resource Advocates (“WRA”), Natural Resources Defense Council (“NRDC”), Western Grid Group (“WGG”) and Vanry & Associates Inc. (“VAI”) submitted comments to Peak Reliability on the direction Peak should take with its Universal Data Sharing Agreement (“UDSA”) since the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (“FAST Act”) was signed…
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WIRAB Comments on WECC’s Joint Guidance Committee Draft Charter | January 2016

WIRAB provided comments on WECC’s Draft Charter for the re-chartered Joint Guidance Committee. During its review of governance and organizational issues, the WECC 4.9 Review Task Force proposed the re-chartered JGC as a way to ensure that WECC committees are aligned with the strategic plan of WECC’s CEO and Board of Directors. WIRAB supported the…
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Western Wind and Solar Integration Study Phase 3A Webinar

WIRAB/CREPC/SPSC webinar on the Western Wind and Solar Integration Study Phase 3A: Low Levels of Synchronous Generation (WWSIS-3A) on December 17. The Phase 3A study examines the impact of low levels of synchronous generation on the transient stability performance in one part of the Western Interconnection in which wind generation has displaced synchronous thermal generation…
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