WECC’s new Path Task Force kicked off an effort to examine the role of transmission path rating procedures in the Western Interconnection.

Stakeholders voiced concern that WECC will move too fast and cut too deep with a plan to sweepingly reform its committee structure.

WECC’s Stakeholder Engagement Task Force has proposed making sweeping changes to the regional entity’s stakeholder group structure.

WECC will take an interconnection-wide approach as it analyzes the events from an August heat wave that prompted CAISO to initiate rolling blackouts.

FERC gave WECC the go-ahead to introduce a new version of its reliability standard regarding contingency reserves.

FERC approved a settlement between WECC and an unnamed entity in the Western Interconnection for violations of NERC’s CIP reliability standards.

WECC Board Chair Kristine Hafner yielded her position to Vice Chair Ian McKay at the regional entity's annual meeting.

WECC’s Joint Guidance Committee approved a task force to examine the “relevance and role” of several transmission rating procedures.

FERC accepted settlements by NERC between Texas RE and several entities, as well as one by WECC, for violations of FAC and CIP standards.

Utilities in the Western Interconnection continue to use outdated models for their solar and wind generation resources, according to NERC and WECC.