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…
Behind on the debate around a West-wide electricity market? Catch up with this article from the NW Energy Coalition.
In November 2023, Gridworks released a primer on the barriers to backbone transmission development in the West.
The Center for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Technologies (CEERT) has released two reports earlier this year on the need for expansion of the high voltage transmission system and for reform of the state’s permitting process to overcome delays in transmission project permitting and construction over the past decade.
Energy Innovation released a report in November 2023 that details the potential impacts of EPA’s proposed rules restricting greenhouse gas emissions. The report finds that these rules will not hamper the clean energy development that is needed to retire more fossil fuels and meet growing demand. The report includes Energy Innovation’s research as well as information from 6 other reports.
Comments submitted in Docket No. ER23-2686 proceeding.
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.
The much anticipated energy-sharing bill AB 538 has been put on hold.
NWEC posted an article on its blog. “Western Market Benefits to the Northwest” is an outstanding overview of the electricity market options facing utilities and states in the West. It argues that a recent state benefits study indicated that a single western RTO is the best option.
EDF & RNW, joined by NWEC, Interwest Energy Alliance, WRA and MEIC, submitted comments to CA’s Assembly Utilities and Energy Committee in support of AB538
