WGG submits comments on Transmission Access Charge Options Initiative
On November 20, 2015, the Western Grid Group submitted comments on the the issue paper for the Transmission Access Charge Options Initiative proposed by the California ISO.
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EIM and Arizona: Op-ed in the Arizona Republic
26 million ways Arizonans benefit from energy market.
This op-ed appeared in Arizona Republic on August 17, 2015. Submitted by Carl Zichella and Leisa Brug, the op-ed was a group effort by NRDC, Energy Innovation, Sonoran Institute and WGG supporting AZ’s participation in an EIM and regional markets. It calls for TEP, SRP and Western Energy move forward on their own study of the benefits of joining an Energy Imbalance Market.
WGG, WIRAB, NRDC on PEAK’s proposed data sharing policy
WIRAB staff, the Western Grid Group, and representatives of NRDC, submitted joint comments on Peak’s proposed data sharing policy currently out for stakeholder review. Comments were submitted July 24, 2015. View comments here.
WGG Comments to the AZ Corporation Commission on Interconnection
Western Grid Group (WGG) submitted comments to the Arizona Corporation Commission’s on its effort to update and adopt rules related to the interconnection of distributed generation facilities. Comments were submitted July 24, 2015.
WGG supports Rule 21, Part 1 with its 7 setting specifications.
You can read or download comments here.
WGG’s Synapse EIM Report
WGG commissioned a report by Synapse Energy Economic, Inc. to estimate the benefits of the newly formed regional Energy Imbalance Market. The report was commissioned to illuminate all benefits – financial savings as well as reliability improvements – resulting from utilities participating in this market platform. The report will be used to encourage utilities and regulators to join the EIM as soon as possible to capture customers savings, reduce the cost of renewable energy integration and improve reliability.
America’s Power Plan
More than 150 top energy experts have joined America’s Power Plan, a project designed to tackle the tough questions and propose a path to overcoming regulatory, legal and economic barriers to a cleaner more efficient energy future. Together, these papers provide a policy toolbox to guide decision makers on utility business models, finance, market design, transmission and distribution policies, distributed energy resource integration and siting.
WGG submits comments to NV PUC Docket 11-04025
On August 30, 2013, WGG submitted comments to Nevada’s Public Utilities Commission Docket 11-04025 “INVESTIGATION REGARDING THE CREATION OF AN ENERGY IMBALANCE MARKET.”
California ISO’s Online Training
California Independent System Operator (CAISO) has an online introduction to the Energy Imbalance Market (EIM).
IEEE publishes Collaborative Transmission Planning: California’s RETI paper by David Olsen
RETI (Renewable Energy Transmission Initiative) identified and ranked Renewable Energy Zones
in California and neighboring regions, using both economic and
environmental criteria, determined the transmission needed,
based on least-regrets transmission planning principles, to access
and deliver target renewable energy, and prepared a statewide
conceptual transmission plan. RETI has been effective in identifying
development priorities and in building stakeholder support
for generation-transmission development for renewable energy.
Its approach is applicable to other jurisdictions considering
large-scale wind power-transmission construction.
WGG Submits Comments to Joint Outreach Team
Western Grid Group, Nevada Wilderness Project, Sonoran Institute and Western Resource Advocates submitted comments on Draft Recommendations from the Joint Outreach Team on January 22, 2013. Document included.