The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) recently published a joint NREL/WIEB report, “New Approaches to Distributed PV Interconnection: Implementation Considerations for Addressing Emerging Issues,” as part of the interconnection arm of WIEB’s Enhanced Distributed Solar PV Deployment Project. This report…

WIEB staff have been traveling to states across the West as part of outreach to discuss findings from a research project looking at barriers to solar PV deployment related to the interconnection process. This research has culminated in two reports,…

The Western Interstate Energy Board (WIEB) is pleased to announce the release of the attached Request for Proposal (RFP) to hire a contractor for a new study. This study will model and explore the operational flexibility of the electric power…

The Western Interstate Energy Board (WIEB) intends to issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) in early September 2018 to hire a contractor for a new study.  This study will model and explore the operational flexibility of the electric power system…

The Western Interstate Energy Board (WIEB) had joined Western Governors’ Association (WGA) and eight other leading associations of state officials to urge Congressional leadership to reject current legislative and administrative efforts to diminish states’ authority to manage water quality within…

Wednesday, June 13, 2018 at Noon PDT – Thursday, June 14, 2018 at Noon PDT The Western Interstate Energy Board (WIEB) and the Center for New Energy Economy (CNEE) hosted a 2018 Resource Planners Forum.  The meeting was held at…

The first Strategy Advisory Committee (SAC) meeting for the interconnection barrier is being held at the WECC offices in Salt Lake City, Utah. The SAC meeting is part of WIEB’s Enhanced Solar PV Deployment project. The SAC is comprised of…

The Western Interconnection Regional Advisory Body (WIRAB) commissioned a report from InPOWERd LLC on the NERC Reliability Issues Steering Committee’s (RISC) November 2016 report on ERO Reliability Risk Priorities. The InPOWERd Report provides a summary of the NERC RISC process…