WIEB 2022 Semi-Annual Update
A brief report summarizing WIEB activities over the past few months. The report can be read here.
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CREPC Submits Comments to FERC in Support of the WRAP
Representatives of the Committee on Regional Electric Power Cooperation (CREPC) worked to develop and submit supportive comments on the Western Power Pool’s (WPP) Western Resource Adequacy Program (WRAP) tariff filing at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). Many CREPC representatives…
Read MoreWEIM BOSR Comments on the EDAM Revised Straw Proposal
The EDAM Revised Straw Proposal is the product of a comprehensive, open, and collaborative stakeholder process, and the BOSR applauds the effort of all participants thus far. The BOSR acknowledges that the EDAM efforts are complex and multifaceted and, therefore,…
Read MoreWestern State Representatives Submit Comments to FERC in Docket No. RM21-17 on Regional Transmission Planning and Cost Allocation
August 17, 2022 In coordination with the Western Representatives to the Joint Federal-State Task Force on Electric Transmission and the Western Interstate Energy Board, Western State Representatives from ten western states submitted comments to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission that…
Read MoreElectric Demand Response: Policies in the West
September, 2022 The Western Interstate Energy Board approved a report that explored electricity demand response policies throughout the Western states. State policymakers from around the West are trying to learn from each other on how to increase the effectiveness of…
Read MoreWEIM-BOSR Comments to the WEIM Governance Review Committee’s Phase Three (EDAM) Straw Proposal
On August 15, 2022, the Western Energy Imbalance Market (WEIM) Body of State Regulators (BOSR) submitted comments to the WEIM Governance Review Committee (GRC) on the Phase Three (EDAM) Straw Proposal. Overall, the BOSR generally supports the Straw Proposal put…
Read MoreWEIM-BOSR Comments on CAISO Extended Day-Ahead Market Straw Proposal
On June 20, 2022, the Western Energy Imbalance Market (EIM) Body of State Regulators (BOSR) submitted comments to the California Independent System Operator (CAISO) regarding their Extended Day-Ahead Market Straw Proposal (Straw Proposal). The WEIM-BOSR applauds the efforts of all…
Read MoreWIRAB Advice on the WECC 2023 Business Plan and Budget
WIRAB submitted Advice to the WECC Board of Directors on the proposed 2023 Business Plan and Budget (BP&B) for WECC. WIRAB reviewed the proposed 2023 BP&B and found the budget and assessment to be reasonable and in the public interest.…
Read MoreState Representatives Submit Written Comments to the Southwest Power Pool on Markets+ Governance Design
State Representatives Submit Written Comments to the Southwest Power Pool on Markets+ Governance Design State representatives from 9 western states submitted comments to the Southwest Power Pool (SPP) regarding various governance design elements under discussion in the SPP’s Markets+ initiative.…
Read MoreHLRWC Comments to DOE on the Revised Draft Railcar Safety Inspection Protocol | February 2022
The WIEB HLRW Committee submitted comments to the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Nuclear Energy’s on the Revised Draft Railcar Safety Inspection Protocol. In the comments the WIEB HLRW Committee recommends two additional components to be considered: 1) the…
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