The Western Interconnection Regional Advisory Body (“WIRAB”) submitted comments to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) in support of the Western Electricity Coordinating Council’s (“WECC”) 2017 Statutory budget and assessment. WIRAB reviewed WECC’s 2017 Business Plan and Budget and finds…

The Western Interconnection Regional Advisory Body (“WIRAB”) submitted comments to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) on the notice of proposed rulemaking issued June 16, 2016 regarding Critical Electric Infrastructure Information (“CEII”). WIRAB provided five recommendations on two subsections of…

The Western Interconnection Regional Advisory Body (“WIRAB”) submitted comments on the Peak Reliability 2017 Draft Funding Amount (also referred to as the Business Plan and Budget). WIRAB is authorized to provide advice on the funding of Peak Reliability and determine…

The Western Interconnection Regional Advisory Body (WIRAB) submitted final comments on Peak Reliability’s 2016-2020 Strategic Plan. In the comments, WIRAB takes an expansive view of Peak’s role in ensuring “excellent reliability performance in the Western Interconnection” and provides three overarching…

The Western Interconnection Regional Advisory Body (WIRAB) draft 2017 Business Plan and Budget is available for comment.  Interested parties should submit comments by 5:00 pm on June 16, 2016. Please direct inquiries and e-mail comments to Alison Wilson (at awilson@westernenergyboard.org). …

GE Energy Consulting completed a report for the Western Interconnection Regional Advisory Body (“WIRAB”) on primary frequency response (“PFR”). PFR is crucial in the reliable operation of the electric grid. With the rapidly changing resource mix in the West and…

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…

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…

Western States and Provinces submitted the following study requests to the Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC) as part of the Transmission Expansion Planning Policy Committee’s (TEPPC) annual work plan. 01-29-16studyreq  

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…