The Western Interconnection Regional Advisory Body (WIRAB) submitted final comments on Peak Reliability’s 2016-2020 Strategic Plan. In the comments, WIRAB takes an expansive view of Peak’s role in ensuring “excellent reliability performance in the Western Interconnection” and provides three overarching…

The Western Interconnection Regional Advisory Body (WIRAB) draft 2017 Business Plan and Budget is available for comment.  Interested parties should submit comments by 5:00 pm on June 16, 2016. Please direct inquiries and e-mail comments to Alison Wilson (at awilson@westernenergyboard.org). …

GE Energy Consulting completed a report for the Western Interconnection Regional Advisory Body (“WIRAB”) on primary frequency response (“PFR”). PFR is crucial in the reliable operation of the electric grid. With the rapidly changing resource mix in the West and…

The Western Interconnection Regional Advisory Body (“WIRAB”), Western Resource Advocates (“WRA”), Natural Resources Defense Council (“NRDC”), and Western Grid Group (“WGG”) submitted supplemental comments to the Peak Reliability Member Advisory Committee regarding the direction Peak should take with its Universal…

The Western Interconnection Regional Advisory Body (“WIRAB”), Western Resource Advocates (“WRA”), Natural Resources Defense Council (“NRDC”), Western Grid Group (“WGG”) and Vanry & Associates Inc. (“VAI”) submitted comments to Peak Reliability on the direction Peak should take with its Universal…

Western States and Provinces submitted the following study requests to the Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC) as part of the Transmission Expansion Planning Policy Committee’s (TEPPC) annual work plan. 01-29-16studyreq  

WIRAB provided comments on WECC’s Draft Charter for the re-chartered Joint Guidance Committee. During its review of governance and organizational issues, the WECC 4.9 Review Task Force proposed the re-chartered JGC as a way to ensure that WECC committees are…

WIRAB Staff along with Western Resources Advocates, Natural Resource Defense Council, and Western Grid Group submitted comments on Peak Reliability’s October 12th draft Universal Data Sharing Agreement (UDSA). The comments focused on concerns the group had in the UDSA regarding…

WIRAB submitted comments on the Draft Report to the WECC Board of Directors on the Section 4.9 Review drafted by the Section 4.9 Review Work Group. Section 4.9 of the WECC Bylaws requires the WECC Board of Directors, every five…

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