WIEB 2025 Annual Update
A brief report summarizing WIEB activities over the past year. The report can be read here.
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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.…
Read MoreNuclear 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…
Read MoreWIRAB 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…
Read MoreWIRAB Advice on the WECC 2026 Business Plan and Budget | May 2025
WIRAB submitted Advice to the WECC Board of Directors on the proposed 2026 Business Plan and Budget (BP&B) for WECC. WIRAB reviewed the proposed 2026 BP&B and found the statutory budget and assessment to be reasonable and in the public…
Read More2026 WIRAB Business Plan and Budget Posted for Public Comment
The Western Interconnection Regional Advisory Body (WIRAB) draft 2026 Business Plan and Budget (BP&B) is available for comment. Interested parties should submit comments by 5:00 PM MT on May 16, 2025. Please direct inquiries and e-mail comments to Eric Baran ([email protected]),…
Read MoreWIPP TAG comments on the Legacy TRU Waste Disposal Plan | January 2025
WIEB’s WIPP TAG submitted comments to the U.S. Department of Energy Carlsbad Field Office (DOE-CBFO) on the Legacy TRU (transuranic) Waste Disposal Plan, a document that DOE-CBFO put together in response to a condition submitted by the New Mexico Environment…
Read MoreHLRWC Response to DOE on their Request for Information on a Package Performance Demonstration | October 2024
The WIEB HLRW Committee submitted a response to the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Nuclear Energy (DOE-NE) in response to their Request for Information on a spent nuclear fuel transportation Package Performance Demonstration. The HLRW Committee answered seven of…
Read MoreBOSR Comments on the Storage Bid Cost Recovery and Default Energy Bid Enhancements Initiative
On November 4, 2024, the Western Energy Markets (WEM) Body of State Regulators (BOSR) submitted comments to the Western Energy Markets Governing Body on the Storage Bid Cost Recovery (BCR) and Default Energy Bid (DEB) Enhancements Initiative—Track 1 Final Proposal.…
Read MoreWIRAB Advice to FERC on Proposed IBR Ride-Through Reliability Standards (Docket No. RM25-3) | March 2025
On March 24, 2025, the Western Interconnection Regional Advisory Body (WIRAB) submitted formal advice to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) in response to the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) for Docket No. RM25-3-000. The NOPR proposes to adopt new…
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