Stakeholders Balk at WECC Oversight Plan
March 4, 2021WECC 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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Regional Entities News
Southern Calif. Could Fail RA Test, WECC Says
February 21, 2021The 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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WECC Tackles Wildfires as Reliability Threat
August 10, 2020WECC waded into California’s wildfire troubles in an effort to understand how catastrophic blazes could affect reliability and what can be done to protect the grid. | USFS
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CPUC Rejects CAISO Local Capacity Requirement
June 28, 2020The California Public Utilities Commission rejected a huge boost in megawatts for the San Francisco Bay Area that CAISO insists NERC and WECC reliability standards require.
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WECC Board Adopts Reliability Risk List
June 19, 2020WECC took a step further into its new role as RA monitor for the Western Interconnection after its board approved a resolution listing the risk factors it plans to prioritize in the coming years. | © ERO Insider
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NWPP Details Proposed Reliability Program
April 29, 2020The Northwest Power Pool held a webinar on efforts to create a resource adequacy program in the West, discussing potential FERC oversight and the need to hire professionals to develop and manage the program. | NWPP
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NWPP Planning Western Resource Adequacy Program
April 21, 2020The Northwest Power Pool is planning a resource adequacy program to ensure sufficient capacity at a time of increasing retirements and shifts toward renewable energy in the West. | Spokane, Wash.
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Coronavirus, Cybersecurity Top WECC Board Discussion
March 13, 2020Threats from the COVID-19 coronavirus and computer viruses occupied much of the discussion at the Western Electricity Coordinating Council Board of Directors meeting. | Chad Coleman/WECC
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