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…

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…

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…

WIRAB Leadership Announcement On June 6, 2023, the Western Interconnection Regional Advisory Body (WIRAB) elected a new leadership team to guide the organization. Mary Throne, Chairman of the Wyoming Public Service Commission, was elected as the Chair of WIRAB. Governor Mark…

WIRAB submitted Advice to the WECC Board of Directors on the proposed 2024 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.…

The Western Interconnection Regional Advisory Body (WIRAB) draft 2024 Business Plan and Budget (BP&B) is available for comment. Interested parties should submit comments by 5:00 PM MT on May 25, 2023. Please direct inquiries and e-mail comments to Eric Baran…

WIRAB submitted Advice to the WECC Board of Directors in support of WECC’s effort to engage more effectively in transmission planning activities in the West. WECC has the expertise and a unique perspective that would provide value to stakeholders in…

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.…

Commissioner Kristine Raper, Idaho Public Utilities Commission and WIRAB Chair, spoke at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s annual Reliability Technical Conference. She shared WIRAB’s views on maintaining reliability under a changing resource mix. Comments