WIRAB provided Advice to the WECC Board on the development of a Western Focused LTRA. Western utilities have been relying on market purchases (i.e., Front Office Transactions) to meet resource adequacy requirements. If multiple utilities rely on the same market…

WIRAB developed Advice to WECC on the WECC Reliability Assessment Committee’s 2020 Study Program and offered five potential studies for WECC to explore that address unique questions regarding the reliability of the future grid: Weather-Induced Loss-of-Load Risk Study, Essential Reliability…

WIRAB submitted advice to the WECC Board of Directors, advising the Board to adopt the proposed WECC staff proposed Near-Term Priorities. The Near-Term Priorities align with what WIRAB views as the most significant risks to Bulk Power System reliability in…

WIRAB submitted advice to the WECC Board of Directors, advising support of the recommendations to the Board from WECC’s 4.9 Review Committee. The Committee recommended: (1) to create stakeholder engagement task force who will explore options to rekindle excitement about…

WIRAB submitted advice to the WECC Board of Directors on the proposed 2021 Business Plan and Budget (BP&B) for WECC. WIRAB reviewed the proposed 2021 BP&B and found the budget and assessment to be reasonable and in the public interest. MAY-2020-Final-WIRAB-Advice-WECC-2021-Business-Plan-Budget

WIRAB submitted advice to the WECC Board of Directors on the proposed 2020 Business Plan and Budget (BP&B) for WECC. WIRAB reviewed the proposed 2020 BP&B and found the budget and assessment to be reasonable and in the public interest. 1561042226wpdm_WIRAB Comments…

WIRAB Advice supporting proposed changes by WECC on its Information Reporting and Sharing Policies.  WECC is proposing to revise and simplify the WECC Information Reporting Policy by providing more discretion to the WECC staff, removing unnecessary provisions, and updating the…

Brett Wangen, Vice President of Power System Services for Grid Subject Matter Experts, spoke on behalf of WIRAB at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s Technical Workshop on Grid Enhancing Technologies where he discussed an underutilized grid enhancing technology in system…

Commissioner Jordan White, Utah Public Service Commission and WIRAB Vice Chair, spoke at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s annual Reliability Technical Conference where he shared WIRAB’s views on the importance of Reliability Coordinators in the West maintaining performance metrics to…

Brett Wangen, Vice President of Power System Services for Grid Subject Matter Experts, spoke on behalf of WIRAB at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s Technical Conference on Managing Transmission Line Ratings where he shared his experience on the operational challenges…