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The Western Resource Adequacy Program (WRAP) started at the request of many in the industry who were concerned about the issue of resource adequacy in the West.
Numerous studies have shown resource adequacy is an urgent and immediate challenge. If not addressed, there is a real risk of not always being able to provide power to customers. Customers are using more energy, yet power plants – especially coal – are closing. They are often replaced by variable energy resources like renewables. The question is whether there will always be enough capacity to meet customer demand.
The WRAP is the first regional reliability planning and compliance program in the history of the West. It will deliver a region-wide approach for assessing and addressing resource adequacy and provide an important step forward for reliability in the region.
With coordination and visibility across participants, the WRAP paints a more accurate, regional picture of resource needs and supply. It addresses resource adequacy and ensures reliability through collaboration, taking advantage of operating efficiencies, diversity, and sharing pooled resources.
We can achieve better reliability – using fewer resources overall and finding savings opportunities – by working together. And we avoid the risks and inefficiency of continuing to do it individually.

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UPCOMING EVENTS | VIEW ALL

Remote | WRAP - RAPC

RAPC Meeting

MAY29 2025

1000 to 1200 PST/PDT

Remote | WRAP - PRC

Program Review Committee Meeting

JUN04 2025

0830 to 1000 PST/PDT

Remote | WRAP - RAPC

RAPC Meeting

JUN12 2025

1000 to 1200 PST/PDT

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WRAP - PRC

25-5-14 PRC Meeting Minutes

includes 5/14 PRC meeting minutes with materials

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Last updated May 14, 2025

WRAP - PRC

PRC 2025 Draft Workplan Schedule

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Last updated May 14, 2025

WRAP - PRC

2025-5-14 PRC Meeting Agenda

Includes 5/14 PRC meeting agenda

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Last updated May 7, 2025

WRAP Forward Showing Manager

Are you passionate about shaping the future of energy? Do you have experience in energy trading in the West? What about resource planning, acquisition, and resource adequacy? Have you been looking to combine these details into your dream role?

Well, you’re in the right place! Western Power Pool is hiring a WRAP Forward Showing Manager to join our team in Portland, OR!

Key Details:

Pay: $149,000 – $169,250/year DOE
Location: Remote in select states - must reside within the following areas: AZ, OR, W…

May 13, 2025, 1:47 p.m.

WRAP Momentum Continues with Board Approval of Tariff Changes, Busine…

PORTLAND, Ore. – The momentum continues for the Western Resource Adequacy Program (WRAP).

Weeks after the WRAP Resource Adequacy Participant Committee (RAPC) approved a revised transition plan, the Western Power Pool Board of Directors on Thursday took a series of actions to move the program further along. The Board voted to approve:

Seven WRAP business practice manuals, completing the full set of documents that detail how the program will operate;
A set of corrections to the W…

Sept. 24, 2024, 9:09 a.m.

WRAP Committee Approves New Transition Plan, Looks to Summer 2027 Bin…

PORTLAND – A vote today by the Western Resource Adequacy Program’s Resource Adequacy Participant Committee (RAPC) paves the way for WRAP participants to enter a binding program in 2027.

RAPC members approved a new transition plan that outlines a gradual path to fully implement the WRAP. The plan pushes back the deadline to elect to go binding in 2027 and temporarily reduces charges when participants are short on capacity.

“The plan helps in three critical ways,” sa…

Aug. 29, 2024, 12:33 p.m.

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Rebecca Sexton
Director of Strategic En…
WPP | 253-279-3002
rebecca.sexton@westernpo…

WESTERN RESOURCE ADEQUACY PROGRAM

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WRAP Forward Showing Manager

WRAP Momentum Continues with Board Approval of Tariff Changes, Busine…

WRAP Committee Approves New Transition Plan, Looks to Summer 2027 Bin…

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