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WRAP Takes Significant Steps Forward in September

Board Approves a Number of Policy Changes; Three New Participants Join

Portland, Ore. – September was a milestone month for the Western Resource Adequacy Program (WRAP), with new participants joining the program and a series of improvements adopted by the Western Power Pool Board of Directors.

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New WPP RSG Rules Provide Significant Benefits to Members, Region

PORTLAND, Ore. – New rules for the Western Power Pool Reserve Sharing Group (RSG) took effect September 1, providing substantial benefits to WPP RSG members and to the West.

The changes follow the retirement in July of NERC standard BAL-002-WECC-3. WPP RSG staff, led by Senior Manager of Non-Tariff Programs Kevin Conwa…

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WPP Notice to WRAP Resource Adequacy Participants Committee

On Friday, October 31, WPP Chief Strategy Officer Rebecca Sexton sent this notice to members of the WRAP Resource Adequacy Participants Committee, regarding participants committed to WRAP binding operations in Winter 2027/2028:

Today is the deadline set in the tariff for Western Resource Adequacy Program (WRAP) partici…

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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…

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WRAP Committee Approves New Transition Plan, Looks to Summer 2027 Binding Program

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 dea…