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Western State Representatives Submit Comments to FERC in Docket No. RM21-17 on Regional Transmission Planning and Cost Allocation

Posted: 20 Sep at 10:39 am

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…

Electric Demand Response: Policies in the West

Posted: 13 Sep at 3:06 pm

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…

State Representatives Submit Written Comments to the Southwest Power Pool on Markets+ Governance Design

Posted: 31 May at 11:25 am

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.…

State Representatives Submit Written Comments to the Northwest Power Pool on Straw Proposal for States’ Role on the Committee of State Representatives

Posted: December 20, 2021

State Representatives Submit Written Comments to the Northwest Power Pool on Straw Proposal for States’ Role on the Committee of State Representatives State representatives from 9 western states submitted comments to the Northwest Power Pool (NWPP) regarding the NWPP’s Western…

State Representatives Submit Written Comments to the Northwest Power Pool on Governance of Western Resource Adequacy Program

Posted: October 15, 2021

State Representatives Submit Written Comments to the Northwest Power Pool on Governance of Western Resource Adequacy Program State representatives from 10 western states submitted comments to the Northwest Power Pool (NWPP) on governance of the proposed Western Resource Adequacy Program. …

PV on a Pole™ Potential in the West

Posted: July 12, 2021

The Western Interstate Energy Board (WIEB) is pleased to release a report titled, “PV on a Pole™ Potential in the West.” As part of the Western Interstate Energy Board’s Reserve Expenditure Plan, the Board approved a proposal from the State…

Implications of a Regional Resource Adequacy Program on Utility Integrated Resource Planning

Posted: February 15, 2021

The Western Interstate Energy Board (WIEB) collaborated with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the University of Texas-Austin to investigate the implications of a regional resource adequacy (RA) program on utility integrated resource planning (IRP). The report, “Implications of a…

Simulating Distributed Energy Resource Responses to Transmission System-Level Faults Considering IEEE 1547 Performance Categories on Three Major WECC Transmission Paths | June 2020

Posted: June 23, 2020

Simulating Distributed Energy Resource Responses to Transmission System-Level Faults Considering IEEE 1547 Performance Categories on Three Major WECC Transmission Paths | June 2020 The quantity of distributed energy resources (DERs) has increased substantially during the past two decades, and…

High-Level Radioactive Waste Committee 2020 Policy Paper and amendments to already-approved policy papers | April 2020

Posted: June 15, 2020

The HLRWC made another installment to their policy paper repertoire with the approval of Position Paper 2020-1: Transportation Responsibilities Non-Delegable to Private Entities. This paper solidifies the long-time stance of the HLRWC and the Western states that there are certain…

Issue Brief – Wind Decommissioning Policies in the West

Posted: January 30, 2020

The WIEB Board approved a proposal from the state of New Mexico, requesting that WIEB review existing wind turbine decommissioning procedures, practices, and requirements within western states and provinces, identify best practices, from a regional perspective, and provide recommendations to…

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