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…

The Western Interstate Energy Board (WIEB) and its sister organization, the Western Interconnection Regional Advisory Body (WIRAB), are seeking applicants for the “Electric System Reliability Analyst” position. Click here for details.

The Western Interstate Energy Board seeks technical assistance from an experienced contractor to carry out a two-month outreach project that solicits and summarizes input from stakeholders across the Western Interconnection for consideration in California’s Renewable Energy Transmission Initiative 2.0 (RETI…

The Western Interstate Energy Board announces the availability of a new policy paper. The paper, entitled Distributed Energy Resource Interconnection Timelines and Advanced Inverter Deployment, is timely given the ever-increasing cumulative nameplate capacity of distributed energy resources in the Western…

February 12, 2016 The Western Interconnection Regional Advisory Body (“WIRAB”), Western Resource Advocates (“WRA”), Natural Resources Defense Council (“NRDC”), Western Grid Group (“WGG”) and Vanry & Associates Inc. (“VAI”) submitted comments to Peak Reliability on the direction Peak should take…

WIEB held a webinar on Wednesday February 3, 2016: Allowance Distribution Options under a Mass Based Approach to CPP Compliance Presentation by Dallas Burtraw, Resources for the Future.  |  Slides

WIRAB/CREPC/SPSC webinar on the Western Wind and Solar Integration Study Phase 3A: Low Levels of Synchronous Generation (WWSIS-3A) on December 17. The Phase 3A study examines the impact of low levels of synchronous generation on the transient stability performance in…

Spokane, WA | November 3-4 2015 Agenda | Summary

April 2015 – E3 – Western Interconnection Flexibility Assessment: Interim Project Report Energy and Environmental Economics (E3) completed the Interim Project Report of the Western Interconnection Flexibility Assessment. This is a collaborative project among WECC, WIEB, NREL and E3 to…

April 2015 – Development of a New Methodology for Determining the Transfer Capability of the Western Grid | GridSME (Introduction) | Quanta (Technical Report)