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Episode 11 - NERC Lessons Learned Podcast

PANDEMIC RESPONSE PART 1: EARTH STOOD STILL

Below is the full transcript for this episode. If you'd like to review or follow along with the original .pdf version of this NERC Lesson Learned, visit: 

https://www.nerc.com/pa/rrm/ea/Lessons%20Learned%20Document%20Library/LL20211001_Pandemic_Response.pdf

Chris Sa…

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WPP Welcomes First Participants for Next Phase of WRAP

PORTLAND, Ore. – The Western Power Pool today welcomed its first 11 official participants in the Western Resource Adequacy Program (WRAP).

The following utilities have formally committed to moving forward with the WRAP:

  • Avista Utilities
  • Calpine Energy Solutions
  • Chelan Public Utility District
  • Clatskanie …
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WECC’S Western Assessment Shows Growing Resource Adequacy Risk

A rapidly changing resource mix that relies more on variable energy resources will create increasing resource adequacy risk in the West over the next 10 years. That is according to the 2022 Western Assessment of Resource Adequacy from the Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC), released on November 2.

Chan…

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2022.10.14 WRAP New Participant Info Session

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2022.10.04 Recording from WRAP Participation Info Session

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WPP Board Approves WRAP Tariff, Clears Path for FERC Filing

PORTLAND, Ore. – The Western Power Pool Board of Directors yesterday voted unanimously to approve the tariff that will implement the Western Resource Adequacy Program (WRAP). Board approval was the final procedural step required before the tariff can be filed at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), anticip…