Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC)
CAISO intends in 2022 to focus on long-term transmission planning, interconnecting storage and extending the real-time Western EIM to a day-ahead market.
WECC's annual resource adequacy assessment warned that customers throughout the Western Interconnection will be at risk of load loss by 2025.
WECC's annual Western Assessment of Resource Adequacy will focus on variability in demand and generation, the organization's Board of Directors heard Wednesday.
WECC staff said that they are committed to improving their approach to their annual State of the Interconnection Report.
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FERC approved settlements between WECC, Southern California Edison and Black Hills Power for violations of NERC reliability standards.
A new study says operating PG&E's Diablo Canyon nuclear plant beyond its scheduled 2025 retirement would cut costs, cut emissions and bolster reliability.
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FERC approved a $265,000 settlement between WECC and the Public Service Company of New Mexico for violations of NERC's reliability standards.
There’s a growing consensus in the West that green hydrogen could play a key role in decarbonizing the region’s energy system, but questions still loom around exactly how the fuel will be used in that effort.
FERC will not review WECC's $2.2 million penalty against PG&E for violations of NERC reliability standards, along with several other settlements by the RE.
With COVID-19 cases rising in Utah, WECC will postpone plans to bring more staff back into its offices, resume in-person meetings, CEO Melanie Frye said.
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