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…
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…
NWPP to Hire SPP to Provide Program Operator Services for RA Program under Development
PORTLAND, OR – Northwest Power Pool (NWPP) intends to hire Southwest Power Pool, Inc. (SPP) to provide program operator services in its effort to develop a resource adequacy program for interested utilities in the West.
In this role, SPP will work with the NWPP and its resource adequacy (RA) participants to help de…
Ask Geoff! Episodes 14 & 15
In the final two episodes of our Ask Geoff series, Geoff answers these questions:
- Who can use the operations program, and what is the purpose of it? (1m 00s)
- Is the RA program a market like EIM or EDAM? How will it interact with them? (0m 53s)
Geoffrey Moore previously served on the NWPP Resource Adequacy…