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Review of Interconnection Practices and Costs in the Western States | April 2018

Posted: May 15, 2018

In recent years, growth in the number of requests to interconnect solar photovoltaic (PV) systems to the utility grid has raised new issues and challenges for PV installers, utilities, and ultimately the PV customers who absorb the costs of interconnection…

Advice of WIRAB to the WECC Board of Directors on Setting Strategic Priorities | April 2018

Posted: April 25, 2018

WIRAB submitted advice to the WECC Board of Directors on setting strategic priorities through WECC’s Strategic Planning Process. In the advice, WIRAB recommended that the WECC Board adopt (1) the Changing Resource Mix, (2) the Increasing Complexity in Protection and Control Systems,…

GridSME Whitepaper | Anticipating and Preparing for Multiple Reliability Coordinators in the Western Interconnection | April 2018

Posted: April 12, 2018

The Western Interconnection Regional Advisory Body (WIRAB) commissioned a whitepaper from GridSME on potential seams issues that could occur as the transition to multiple Reliability Coordinators (RCs) occurs in the Western Interconnection. The purpose of this whitepaper is to highlight…

WIRAB Webinar – Reliability Coordinator (RC) Certification Process for New RCs in the West

Posted: March 22, 2018

In light of the ongoing developments around the changing Reliability Coordinator (RC) structure in the Western Interconnection, the Western Interconnection Regional Advisory Body (WIRAB) invited state and provincial agency personnel and interested stakeholders to participate in a webinar with Western…

WIRAB Response to 2018 Peak Board Evaluation Questionnaire | March 2018

Posted: March 16, 2018

The Western Interconnection Regional Advisory Body (“WIRAB”) submitted its response to the 2018 Peak Board Evaluation Questionnaire. Similar to previous year WIRAB responses to Peak Board evaluation questionnaires, WIRAB has submitted a single, unified response based on open deliberations among…

WIRAB Advice to the NERC Board of Trustees on the 2017 ERO Reliability Risk Priorities Report

Posted: January 29, 2018

January 24, 2018 WIRAB submitted advice to the NERC Board of Trustees on the 2017 ERO Reliability Risk Priorities Report. The comments commend the Reliability Issues Steering Committee for developing an important and comprehensive report with many specific recommendations. The comments also recommend that…

WIRAB Advice to the NERC Board of Trustees on Improving the Efficiency and Effectiveness of Stakeholder Engagement | January 2018

Posted: January 29, 2018

WIRAB submitted comments to the NERC Board of Trustees on Improving the Efficiency and Effectiveness of Stakeholder Engagement that express WIRAB’s concern is that any effort to streamline the use of industry subject matter expertise could result in a shift of industry…

WIRAB Advice to the NERC Board of Trustees on the 2017 ERO Reliability Risk Priorities Report | January 2018

Posted: January 29, 2018

WIRAB submitted advice to the NERC Board of Trustees on the 2017 ERO Reliability Risk Priorities Report. The comments commend the Reliability Issues Steering Committee for developing an important and comprehensive report with many specific recommendations. The comments also recommend that the…

High-Level Radioactive Waste Committee Policy Papers: Introduction | December 2017

Posted: December 27, 2017

Since the beginning of nuclear power generation in the United States, there has been the assumption and expectation that at some point in time, spent nuclear fuel (SNF) would be transported from the reactors to a final disposal site. Throughout…

High-Level Radioactive Waste Committee Policy Papers

Posted: December 27, 2017

The Western Interstate Energy Board has approved and adopted five new policy papers developed by the High-Level Radioactive Waste Committee. The papers received undivided support from the Board. These papers now represent the official policy of WIEB on several key…

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