WIRAB Final Comments on Peak 2016 Budget | May 2015
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WIRAB Final comments on WECC 2016 Budget | May 2015
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Read MoreThe “Base Case”: Summary of Current Resource Plans in the West and Their Effect on Regional Electricity Trading Patterns | April 2015
This report begins an exploration of potential new electricity trading patterns in the Western Interconnection over the next ten years as a result of the changing generation mix. Higher penetrations of solar generation will have a noticeable effect on daily…
Read MoreExploring and Evaluating Modular Approaches to Multi-State Compliance with EPA’s Clean Power Plan in the West | April 2015
This report explores a modular approach to multi-state compliance with the EPA’s Clean Power Plan. Under this approach individual states would develop their own state compliance plans and meet their own state targets, but would develop portions of their plans…
Read MoreImplications for Policymakers | April 2015
This report concerns the issue of methane leakage during the life cycle of natural gas-fired power generation. Methane leakage is an important issue because methane is a greenhouse gas (GHG) of much greater global warming potential than carbon dioxide (as…
Read MoreEmerging Changes in Electric Distribution Systems in Western States Provinces | April 2015
Distributed Energy Resources (DER) are, and will continue to be, a growing component of WECC resources. Historically, new facility investment in distribution systems has been for load growth; more recently, investment in distribution systems has expanded to include DER (on…
Read MoreEPA Clean Power Plan final report: Western State Resource Scenarios | April 2015
This report documents the assumptions in four planning scenarios developed in consultation with an SPSC modeling work group. These scenarios illustrate future state-level resource mixes that could result from strategies that state may employ to comply with the Clean Power…
Read MoreDevelopment of a New Methodology for Determining the Transfer Capability of the Western Grid | GridSME (Introduction) | Quanta (Technical Report) | April 2015
These reports develop a new methodology for calculating transmission path transfer capabilities that better reflect actual system operating conditions. The new methodology would allow for more active management of path flows by automating the path rating process and using data…
Read MoreWestern Interconnection Flexibility Assessment: Interim Project Report | April 2015
Energy and Environmental Economics (E3) completed the Interim Project Report of the Western Interconnection Flexibility Assessment. This is a collaborative project among WECC, WIEB, NREL and E3 to investigate the operational challenges of increasing levels of variable generation in the…
Read MoreWestern Planning Regions and Transmission Planning Coordination | April 2015
This report provides an overview of the state of transmission planning in the Western Interconnection. It covers the planning done by the Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC), the California Independent System Operator (CAISO), the Northern Tier Transmission Group (NTTG), ColumbiaGrid…
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