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

Commissioner Kristine Raper, Idaho Public Utilities Commission and WIRAB Chair, spoke at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s Technical Conference on Resource Adequacy (RA) Developments in the Western Interconnection, where she shared WIRAB’s views on the importance of a regional RA…

WIRAB submitted Advice to the WECC Board of Directors on the proposed 2022 Business Plan and Budget (BP&B) for WECC. WIRAB reviewed the proposed 2022 BP&B and found the budget and assessment to be reasonable and in the public interest. Advice

WIRAB submitted Advice to the WECC Board of Directors indicating WIRAB’s support in the effort to streamline governance across the technical committees so that technical subject matter experts can focus on completing meaningful work products in a timely manner, creating…

WIRAB submitted advice to FERC on its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) on proposed amendments to the Commission’s regulations on the Electric Reliability Organization’s (ERO) performance assessment. The advice supports FERC’s regulation revisions to: Increase the regularity of reviews from…

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…