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WIRAB Advice on the Composition of the Western Electricity Coordinating Council Nominating Committee | February 2017

Posted: March 21, 2017

The Western Interconnection Regional Advisory Body (“WIRAB”) submitted advice to the Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC) Member Advisory Committee’s (MAC’s) Nominating Committee Composition Work Group (Work Group) on the composition of the WECC Nominating Committee (NC). In response to concerns…

Linking to Obtain the Potential Benefits of Broader Carbon Markets: Requirement of the Western Climate Initiative (WCI) | December 2016

Posted: March 9, 2017

Given that heterogeneous carbon emission reduction policies and programs are developing in the West on a state-by-state basis, Western states may be interested in how to link with other programs to gain the benefits of larger carbon markets. This brief…

Linking to Obtain the Potential Benefits of Broader Carbon Markets: Requirements of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) | December 2016

Posted: March 9, 2017

Coordinating Demand-Side Efficiency Evaluation, Measurement and Verification Among Western States: Options for Documenting Energy and Non-Energy Impacts for the Power Sector | June 2016

Posted: March 9, 2017

This paper summarizes basic information on efficiency, its potential benefits, and EM&V for assessing those benefits. The paper introduces the concept of multistate EM&V coordination in the context of assessing such benefits, including achievement of state and federal goals to…

RETI 2.0 Western Outreach Project Report | October 2016

Posted: March 9, 2017

The RETI 2.0 Western Outreach project solicited information from Western stakeholders on renewable energy and transmission issues that could contribute to meeting California’s 50% renewable portfolio standard (RPS) and greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction goals. Two workshops were held to solicit…

Carbon Sequestration/Enhanced Oil Recovery | November 2012

Posted: March 9, 2017

Sequestration of carbon dioxide, once captured at anthropogenic sources of production, is a measure to prevent increased atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration with its attendant greenhouse effect. This paper examines the value of carbon capture and sequestration, as well as the…

State Energy Planning Roadmap for Policy Makers: Options for Addressing Emerging Energy Issues in the West | December 2016

Posted: March 9, 2017

The State Energy Planning Roadmap for Policy Makers addresses key emerging issues facing the Western electric power system as identified by Western stakeholders: a clean energy future and managing carbon risks; maintaining reliability with the integration of distributed energy resources;…

Distributed Energy Resource Interconnection Timelines and Advanced Inverter Deployment: Their Improvement in the Western Interconnection | April 2016

Posted: March 9, 2017

Distributed energy resources (DERs) include generation and other energy sources that are not centrally-located such as rooftop solar, combined heat and power, demand response and energy storage. In order for the energy of DERs to be grid-available, they must be…

Distributed Energy Resources: Technological and Policy Considerations of Hosting Capacity and Locational Value | October 2016

Posted: March 9, 2017

This paper examines the influence of DER location within a distribution system on benefits, such as avoided infrastructure costs, primarily using solar PV generation as an example. This paper draws upon an earlier paper, DER Interconnection Timelines and Advanced Inverter…

Coal Plant Retirement & Reliability – Frequency Response: Maintaining Reliability with a Changing Resource Mix | October 2016

Posted: March 9, 2017

Frequency response is a measure of an Interconnection’s ability to arrest frequency changes and stabilize frequency immediately following the sudden loss of generation or load. It is extremely important in the reliable operation of the grid. With the transformation of…

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