How Northwest Utilities Harness Diversity for Efficient Compliance
How Northwest Utilities Harness Diversity for Efficient Compliance
by Sarah Dennison-Leonard
Introduction
The region known as the Northwest Power Pool spans an area encompassing Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Nevada, Utah, portions of Montana, Wyoming, and northern California, and the Canadian provinces of British Columbia and Alberta. This article describes how electric utility operators (known as “Balancing Authorities”) in the Northwest Power Pool area cooperate to manage sy…