WCEA encourages Colorado Governor Hickenlooper to sign S252
WGG joins advocate organizations from throughout the west urging Governor Hickenlooper to sign Senate Bill 252 which increases renewable energy requirements on co-ops in Colorado.
WGG joins advocate organizations from throughout the west urging Governor Hickenlooper to sign Senate Bill 252 which increases renewable energy requirements on co-ops in Colorado.
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.
Western Grid Group announced April 3, 2013 that Amanda Ormond, an energy consultant and former state energy official, will take over leadership of the organization as Managing Director.
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.
The Clean Energy Vision Project charts a sustained, orderly transition from coal and gas to more jobs, better health and true energy security. These four documents outline what policies and investments are needed as well as the how a modernized grid will operate.
WGG submitted specific recommendations for WAPA reform to the DOE-WAPA Joint Outreach Team & comments presented at the DOE/WAPA Workshop in Folsom, CA on July 26, 2012.
The Western Clean Energy Advocates will meet in Tempe, AZ on September 12 & 13. Agenda and Lodging information. Contact Amanda Ormond for information on attending.
This video introduces you to the people who run the electricity grid, the network of power plants and power lines that keep the lights on. It takes you inside the control center for the largest power system in the world and lets utility experts explain how the variability of wind and solar generation can be managed using existing tools and techniques.
Several groups including the Western Grid Group joined the FERC Project in requesting a rehearing of Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Order 764. The document that was filed is linked here.
California’s RETI collaborative set a high standard for aligning electricity generation and transmission with environmental values. This peer-reviewed article, in the July 2102 issue of IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy, provides an overview of the rationale for both stakeholder involvement in transmission planning and for zone development of renewables.