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 …
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…
New Members Successfully Integrated into Northwest Power Pool Reserve Sharing Group
Yearlong ‘tremendous’ effort culminates in cutover on May 1
PORTLAND, Ore. – After a yearlong complex implementation effort, 10 new members successfully joined operations of the Northwest Power Pool Reserve Sharing Group on May 1.
The new participants are former members of the Southwest Reserve Sharing Group, co…
Episode 12 - NERC Lessons Learned Podcast
PANDEMIC RESPONSE PART 2: LIGHTS STAYED ON
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:
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Chris Sak…
Episode 13 - NERC Lessons Learned
PANDEMIC RESPONSE PT. 3: A NEW NORMAL
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 Sakr: We…
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…
NERC Lessons Learned - Episode 8
SINGLE PHASE FAULT PRECIPITATES LOSS OF GENERATION AND LOAD
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/LL20201001_Single_Phase_Fault_Pr…
Episode 07 - NERC Lessons Learned Podcast
UNANTICIPATED WIND GENERATION CUTOFFS DURING A COLD WEATHER EVENT
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/LL20200601_Unanticipated_W…