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GoodGrid Podcast “Grid Geeks” features Amanda Ormond on the Navajo Generating Station

adminAugust 2, 2017March 30, 202303 mins

Allison Clements of GoodGrid (a clean energy and advanced grid strategy and policy consulting firm) hosts a regular podcast (“Grid Geeks”)that explores technical, political and market issues around the western power system.

On the July 20, 2017 episode, Amanda Ormond, Managing Director of Western Grid Group, joined to discuss the technical and some of the people issues related to coal plant retirements. It focused specifically on the Navajo Generating Station near Page, Arizona, which provides a case study with several similarities and unique attributes as compared to retiring coal plants across the West.

For all Good Grid blog and podcast posts:
http://www.goodgrid.net/blog/

Grid Geek – episode 5:
https://soundcloud.com/user-179076100/ep5-a-coal-retirement-case-study-the-navajo-generating-station

PIO Comments on FERC Essential Reliability Services and the Evolving Bulk Power Systems – Primary Frequency Response

adminJanuary 24, 2017March 30, 202302 mins

WGG joined other Public Interest Organizations in filing comments to FERC on Docket No. RM16-6-000 FERC-2016-1609:
FERC Essential Reliability Services and the Evolving Bulk Power Systems – Primary Frequency Response.

VIDEO: California ISO Symposium 2016 – Panel 3 – The Environmental Perspective

adminOctober 26, 2016March 30, 202301 mins

California ISO Symposium 2016 – Panel 3 – The Environmental Perspective.
Sacramento, CA – September 7, 2016
Amanda Ormond, WGG; Jennifer Gardner, WRA; Carl Zichella, NRDC; Travis Ritchie, Sierra Club

WGG files comments on CASIO SB350 study

adminJune 22, 2016March 30, 202301 mins

June 22, 2016 – Western Grid Group (WGG) and other public interest organizations filed comments on the CAISO SB 350 study results that list 19 categories of unquantified RSO benefits..

The comments estimate the benefits could triple those reported to the California legislature, and could be worth up to $165 million by 2020 and more than $500 million by 2030.

WGG, NRDC and NWEC file comments on CAISO straw proposal

adminApril 7, 2016April 7, 201601 mins

Western Grid Group (WGG) filed comments on March 16, 2016 in response to California ISO’s straw proposal for Regional Resource Adequacy (RA).

WGG submits comments on Transmission Access Charge Options Initiative

adminNovember 23, 2015November 23, 201501 mins

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.

WGG files comments on WA UTC storage docket

adminSeptember 30, 2015September 30, 2015022 mins

WGG filed comments to Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission’s docket UE-151069 – Modeling Energy Storage in Integrated Resource Planning. Comments were filed September 25, 2015. Embedded and PDF.

EIM and Arizona: Op-ed in the Arizona Republic

adminAugust 17, 2015August 17, 201501 mins

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

adminAugust 10, 2015August 10, 2015031 mins

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

adminAugust 10, 2015August 10, 2015010 mins

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 & other POIs submit protest in SPP tariff filing May 3, 2024
Western Grid Group joined Earthjustice, Natural Resources Defense Council, NW Energy Coalition, Sierra Club, Sustainable FERC Project and Western Resource Advocates to submit a protest in FERC proceeding (Docket no ER24-1658-000) on the Southwest Power Pool’s proposed tariff filing for the establishment of a new centralized day-ahead and real time unit commitment dispatch market in the Western Interconnection, known as Markets+. Full submission HERE (PDF) 20240429-5360Download
WGG joins other PIOs in support of EDAM tariffs September 25, 2023
Comments submitted in Docket No. ER23-2686 proceeding.
PIOs and WGG file joint comments on Pathway Initiative September 11, 2023
Western Grid Group, Western Resource Advocates (WRA), Renewable Northwest, Sustainable FERC Project (S-FERC), Northwest Energy Coalition and Environmental Defense Fund filed joint comments on West-Wide Governance Pathway Initiative a proposed entity, governed independently, that can deliver market services throughout the West, including California.
WGG & PIOs comment on CAISO draft summary report on Initiative: Assembly Concurrent Resolution 188 February 3, 2023
PIOs including WGG filed comments on CAISO draft summary report, “Impacts of Expanded Regional Cooperation on California and the Western Grid Draft Report for Stakeholder Review”
WGG joins other PIO submitting comments on Initial Evaluation Framework for Pathway Options January 12, 2023
Comments were submitted by WGG, WRA, NWEC, RNW, EDF & UCS responding to the West-Wide Governance Pathway Initiative Initial Evaluation Framework for Pathways Options, dated December 15, 2023
WGG and NGOs write US Dept. of Commerce to reject the Auxin Solar Tariff Petition June 22, 2022
WGG, Utah Clean Energy, Western Resource Advocates, NW Energy Coalition and +350 Bay Area wrote a letter to Secretary Raimondo recommending a decisive rejection of a tariff that hinders solar development.
WGG Submits Comments : Challenges PURPA Proposal in Arizona December 13, 2018
In its comments, WGG requested that the filings be rejected due to the fact there has been no opportunity for public comment on this issue and no demonstration of the need for changes proposed. Review the comments as submitted here.
WGG and other WCEA groups send letter to Commissioners, Chairs, and Leadership of FERC, WECC, and NERC June 8, 2018
On August 6, 2018, Western Grid Group, Sierra Club, DL Energy, Gridworks, Western Resource Advocates, NW Energy Coalition, Vote Solar and Natural Resources Defense Council sent a letter to Commissioners, Chairs, and Leadership of FERC, WECC, and NERC regarding the future of a Western Interconnection with multiple reliability coordinators. The groups expressed their concerns and recommendations regarding the likely potential of a future for the Western Interconnection that will involve the management and coordination of multiple Reliability Coordinators.

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