The Western Interconnection Regional Advisory Body (“WIRAB”) hosted a webinar on the designation, protection, and sharing of critical electric infrastructure information. Critical electric infrastructure refers to systems or assets of the bulk-power system the incapacity or destruction of which would…

The Staff of the Western Interconnection Regional Advisory Body (“WIRAB Staff”) submitted comments on Peak Reliability’s March 30, 2016 draft 2016-2020 Strategic Plan. WIRAB Staff emphasized that the goal of Peak should be to serve the public interest by continually…

The Western Interconnection Regional Advisory Body (“WIRAB”) submitted advice to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) on its 2016 Notice of Inquiry (“NOI”) on Essential Reliability Services and the Evolving Bulk-Power System – Primary Frequency Response (Docket No.: RM16-6). Primary…

The Western Interconnection Regional Advisory Body (WIRAB) hosted a one-hour webinar – led by Debra Lew and Nick Miller of GE Energy – on primary frequency response (PFR) of generators within the Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC) region. The key…

July 13, 2015 | Control Performance Standard BAL-001-2 | [presentation] | NERC’s new reliability control standard, BAL-001-2, became effective June 21, 2015. The purpose of this reliability standard is to maintain interconnection frequency within predefined frequency limits. Balancing Authorities in…

July 6, 2015 | Grid Authority and Performance | [presentation] | This webinar covered the history and evolution of NERC’s authority and explained how reliability standards are developed and enforced. It also described the roles and responsibilities of Balancing Authorities,…