Links to summaries of the 2019 legislative sessions from throughout the West. The bills summarized will concern clean energy issues: energy efficiency, electric vehicles, climate/utility policy, and land use as it pertains to electricity generation. More summaries will be added as we receive them.
Final PIO Comments on CAISO EIM Governance Issue Paper & Straw Proposal by Western Resource Advocates, Western Grid Group, Natural Resources Defense Council, Renewable Northwest, and NW Energy Coalition
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.
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.
WGG completed and distributed a white paper that profiles several states using Social Cost of Carbon values in utility cost/benefit analysis for regulatory or policy purposes. The document outlines the enactment mechanisms, applications, values, and relevant statutes/rules for each state.
March 22, 2018. Western Resource Advocates, Western Grid Group and Natural Resources Defense Council submitted comments on CAISO’s February 22, 2018 paper on DAY-AHEAD MARKET ENHANCEMENTS
AND EXPANSION TO THE EIM.
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
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.
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
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.
