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WestTEC 10-Year Study FAQs

Background 

What is WestTEC? 

WestTEC is an unprecedented partnership among diverse sectors of the energy industry, States and Tribes, environmental groups and project developers, that is focused on addressing urgent interregional transmission needs across the Western states. It is facilitated by the Western Power Pool …

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WRAP FAQs

Updated March 2022

What is the WRAP?

The Western Resource Adequacy Program (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…

News WRAP

WRAP Momentum Continues with Board Approval of Tariff Changes, Business Practice Manuals

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 Boar…

Feb 01
Event RTPS - TPC RESTRICTED

FERC 881 Discussion

GoToMeeting 1100 to 1300 PST/PDT
Past Event
News

WPP Announces FERC Approval of WRAP Tariff

Order cites reliability, resource adequacy, regional coordination among program’s benefits 

PORTLAND, Ore. – The Western Power Pool today announced that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has approved the tariff for the Western Resource Adequacy Program (WRAP), clearing the way for full implementation …

Aug 29
Event TPC

TPC Workgroup Discussion

Remote 1300 to 1600 PST/PDT
Past Event
News

Western Power Pool Welcomes PNM to WRAP

PORTLAND, Ore. – The Western Power Pool today announced that Public Service Company of New Mexico (PNM) has joined the Western Resource Adequacy Program, or WRAP. 

PNM’s participation expands the program’s overall footprint and region-wide collaboration and bolsters the desert southwest membership. 

“One of the …

Mar 03
Event TPC

TPC Engineers Forum: Clustering the Generation Interconnection Process

Remote 1100 to 1200 PST/PDT
Past Event
Feb 28
Event WRAP - RAPC

Meeting

Las Vegas, NV 0930 to 1700 PST/PDT
Past Event