April 2015 – MJ Bradley – Methane Emissions in the Natural Gas Life Cycle This report concerns the issue of methane leakage during the life cycle of natural gas-fired power generation. Methane leakage is an important issue because methane is…

April 2015 – EQL – Emerging Changes in Electric Distribution Systems in Western States Provinces Distributed Energy Resources (DER) are, and will continue to be, a growing component of WECC resources. Historically, new facility investment in distribution systems has been…

May 2015 – Energy Strategies – EPA Clean Power Plan final report: Western State Resource Scenarios Energy Strategies produced a report that documents the assumptions in four planning scenarios developed in consultation with an SPSC modeling work group. These scenarios…

April 2015 – GE – Roadmap to improve reliability analysis in transmission planning in the changing resource mix.

April 2015 – ICF – Western Planning Regions and Transmission Planning Coordination

On April 1, 2015 ID OER and WIEB conducted a preview webinar to review the draft White Paper on Regional Challenges and goals for the project and obtain feedback from stakeholders. The project work plan, goals and priorities will be…