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FERC gave final approval Thursday for NERC and WECC to introduce regional reliability standard BAL-002-WECC-3.
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PGE’s CEO expressed regret over a breakdown in public communications as February’s ice storms left nearly half the utility’s customers without power. | Portland General Electric
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A new Lessons Learned report published by NERC goes over the mistakes that led to the fire and explosion of APS’ McMicken battery in Arizona. | APS
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FERC threw out a complaint by activist group CGNP against that sought to stop the closure of PG&E’s Diablo Canyon Power Plant. | marya from San Luis Obispo, USA, via Wikimedia
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WECC gathered leaders from the Western Interconnection’s four reliability coordinators to ask what keeps them up at night. | WECC
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Staff will be allowed to return to WECC’s Salt Lake City office on a voluntary basis beginning April 5, CEO Melanie Frye told the organization’s board. | WECC
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WECC found that the southern portion of the Northwest Power Pool region could fail to meet resource adequacy requirements for three hours this year. | WECC
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WECC stakeholders expressed their displeasure with a revised proposal to revamp its committee structure and appoint a new Committee Review Body. | © ERO Insider
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FERC has accepted a settlement between WECC and NorthWestern Energy for violations of NERC reliability standards, under which the utility will pay $205,000. | NorthWestern Energy
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The California-Mexico subregion cannot maintain resource adequacy without imports, and the greatest risk of shortages is in Southern California, WECC said. | WECC
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Drones have the potential to revolutionize utilities’ information gathering and grid resilience, according to speakers at NARUC’s Winter Policy Summit. | NARUC
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WECC’s Desert Southwest region is at risk of failing to meet loads during its peak hour this year even under the most optimistic assumptions according to a new report. | WECC
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The Northwest Power Pool is moving to wrap up the design phase of its regional resource adequacy program, stakeholders heard. | NWPP
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FERC approved a penalty assessed by WECC against Southern California Edison and a penalty by Texas RE against Oncor for violations of NERC standards.
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FERC ordered revisions to NERC’s pro forma regional delegation agreement and its RDAs with all regional entities while approving the agreements overall. | NERC
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A new WECC report recommends that utilities increase their coordination and adopt dynamic planning reserve margins to ensure resource adequacy. | WECC
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With COVID-19 threatening to overwhelm hospitals, WECC is in no hurry to bring employees back to work at its Salt Lake City headquarters, CEO Melanie Frye said. | © ERO Insider
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Western BAs should determine what caused errors in their load and generation forecasts during August’s massive heat wave and fix their forecasting processes, WECC said. | WECC
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The Western Interconnection Regional Advisory Board recounted its accomplishments in 2020 and laid out what it hopes to achieve in 2021. | © ERO Insider
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WECC released a heavily revised version of its proposal to reorganize its stakeholder committee structure in response to member comments and concerns. | WECC
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