WIEB 2024 Annual Update
A brief report summarizing WIEB activities over the past year. The report can be read here.
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WIRAB Advice on the WECC 2025 Business Plan and Budget
WIRAB submitted Advice to the WECC Board of Directors on the proposed 2025 Business Plan and Budget (BP&B) for WECC. WIRAB reviewed the proposed 2024 BP&B and found the budget and assessment to be reasonable and in the public interest.…
Read MoreWIRAB Advice to WECC on the 2024 WECC Reliability Risk Priorities | June 2024
WIRAB submitted Advice to the WECC Board of Directors on Preliminary 2024 WECC Reliability Risk Priorities (RRPs). WIRAB reviewed the risks based on two key principles: Is the risk unique to the Western Interconnection?; and Can WECC effectively address and…
Read MoreCOSR Letter in Response WRAP Participant Letter to Western Stakeholders
The Committee of State Representatives (COSR) has prepared a letter in response to the April 22 letter to Western stakeholders from Participants in the Western Resource Adequacy Program (WRAP). In this letter, the COSR addresses the change to the WRAP…
Read MoreMSC Comments on Markets+ Tariff
On March 29, 2024, the Southwest Power Pool (SPP) submitted the Markets+ Tariff to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for consideration and approval to establish their wholesale electricity market in the West. The Markets+ tariff development process was a…
Read MoreWIRAB Advice to WECC on the Preliminary 2024 WECC Reliability Risk Priorities | April 2024
WIRAB submitted Advice to the WECC Board of Directors on Preliminary 2024 WECC Reliability Risk Priorities (RRPs). WIRAB reviewed the risks based on two key principles: Is the risk unique to the Western Interconnection?; and Can WECC effectively address and…
Read MoreWIEB Webinar on REP Critical Minerals Project
WIEB held a webinar to share the findings of its Minerals Project under its Reserve Expenditure Program on December 13, 2023. The energy transition will require substantial critical minerals and materials (e.g., lithium, cobalt, silicon, graphite, nickel, copper, and rare…
Read MoreMarkets+ State Committee Statement to the MPEC – December 2023
In its advisory capacity, the Markets+ State Committee (MSC) prepared a written statement that was presented to the Markets+ Participant Executive Committee for their meeting on December 6 and 7, 2023. This statement highlights some issues that the MSC has…
Read MoreRemarks of Mary Throne on behalf of WIRAB at FERC Reliability Technical Conference
WIRAB Chair Mary Throne participated in the 2023 FERC Reliability Technical Conference in a discussion of the potential impacts on reliability from proposed regulations from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on regulating greenhouse gas emissions from electric generation resources. She…
Read MoreCREPC Submits Comments to WPP on WTEC’s Western Transmission Planning Concept Paper
On October 31, 2023, the Committee on Regional Electric Power Cooperation (CREPC) submitted comments to the Western Power Pool on the Western Transmission Expansion Coalition’s Western Transmission Planning Concept Paper. CREPC recognizes the need for a Western Interconnection-wide transmission plan…
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