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…

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…

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 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 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…