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Interconnection Strategy Advisory Committee Meeting | Salt Lake City, UT | May 1, 2018

Posted: April 25, 2018

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…

Reliability Risk Priorities for the Western Interconnection | InPOWERd Report | August 2017

Posted: August 24, 2017

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…

WIEB Webinar on The Role of Coal in the West

Posted: August 21, 2017

This Western Interstate Energy Board (WIEB) webinar focused on changes in the daily generation pattern of coal-fired generating units in the Western Interconnection over the 2001-2016 time period. Benjamin Lim and Max Vilgalys presented findings from their analysis of hourly…

Western Electricity Market Forum, August 3-4, 2017, Omni Hotel, San Diego, CA

Posted: July 19, 2017

The meeting is an opportunity for state policy makers and regulators to convene and discuss regionalization of organized wholesale electricity markets in the West. The 2-day workshop combines introductory presentations on organized wholesale electricity markets; hands-on game-based market simulation training…

A Framework for Considering Multiple Reliability Coordinators in the Western Interconnection | GridSME Report | June 2017

Posted: June 30, 2017

The objective of this report is to introduce a framework for objectively reviewing and assessing the reliability and cost implications of a transition from a single Interconnection-wide Reliability Coordinator (RC) against the possibility of providing RC services in the Western…

Western Interstate Energy Board Supports Continued Funding for the U.S. Department of Energy State Energy Program (SEP)

Posted: April 15, 2017

Since 1975, the U.S. Department of Energy’s State Energy Program (SEP) and its predecessor programs have provided funding and technical assistance to states in the West and across the Nation, supporting efforts to advance a clean energy economy and maximize…

WIEB Webinar – Integrating Variable Resources onto the Electricity Grid

Posted: February 28, 2017

Friday, March 17, 2017 | 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. MTN This was the final webinar for the Idaho-WIEB Western Multi-state Energy Planning Project. It included an overview of the Roadmap for Policy Makers and a deeper dive into strategies…

Draft Roadmap for Policy Makers: Options for Addressing Emerging Energy Issues in the West

Posted: October 28, 2016

The draft Roadmap for Policy Makers: Options for Addressing Emerging Energy Issues in the West [pdf] is released for comment along with the technical briefing papers that is summarizes. All documents are available on the Idaho-WIEB State Energy Planning project…

Webinar: Coordinating Energy Efficiency (EE) and Demand Response (DR) Evaluation, Measurement and Verification (EM&V) Among Western States

Posted: September 16, 2016

The Western Interstate Energy Board (WIEB) and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) Electricity Markets and Policy Group jointly hosted a webinar on September 20, 2016 designed to support states considering and implementing EM&V activities to document energy and demand savings…

RETI 2.0 Western Outreach Project

Posted: July 27, 2016

The Western Interstate Energy Board (WIEB) and the National Association of State Energy Officials (NASEO) announced the Western Outreach Project in collaboration with California’s Renewable Energy Transmission Initiative 2.0 (RETI 2.0). This Outreach project solicited input from stakeholders across the…

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