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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Operations Analyst
Western Power Pool is hiring an Operations Analyst to join our team in Portland, OR!
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Pay: $108,328 - $115,714/year DOE
Location: Remote in select states - must reside in: AZ, OR, WA, UT, NV, CA, WY, MT, ID, NM, CO, El Paso TX
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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 …
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…
Joint Statement: Commitment to the Western Resource Adequacy Program (WRAP)
With these commitments, we have secured a critical mass of participants to move forward with our first binding season in Winter 2027/28. This is a significant moment for the Western Resource Adequacy Program and a result of six years of hard work and collaboration among many stakeholders throughout the West.
The partic…
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…
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…
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…
Take a closer look at the WRAP Operations Program
The Western Resource Adequacy Program (WRAP) helps ensure Participants in the WRAP have enough resources to provide reliable service, even under the most extreme conditions. WRAP has two components: Forward Showing and the Operations Program. In this four-part video series, we dive deep into how the Operations Program…
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 …
Western Power Pool Approves Nominees for New Independent Board of Directors
PORTLAND, Ore. – The Western Power Pool (WPP) Board of Directors on Wednesday approved the slate of nominees who would serve on the group’s new Independent Board of Directors.
WPP Board Chairperson Bill Drummond is the current board member selected to serve with four new members. Two other current board members – T…
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…