The Western Power Pool’s WRAP secured enough participants for the program to enter the first binding phase after 11 utilities reaffirmed their commitment.

Former SPP COO Carl Monroe's decades of outreach to Western Interconnection entities are evident in the RTO's various markets and service offerings in the West.

The WRAP DAM Task Force is finalizing a concept paper that outlines proposed principles for the program under the new day-ahead market landscape.

The Oregon Department of Energy’s new draft energy strategy points to the importance of new transmission development and expanding electricity markets for meeting the state's energy goals.

A new Western Resource Adequacy Program task force has been charged with revising the WRAP tariff to clarify that participants can rely on a specific category of CAISO transmission service to count remote resources toward their “forward showing” requirements.

A new task force will examine how the WPP’s WRAP can continue to operate efficiently under the new multimarket environment emerging in the West.

Regional initiatives aimed at increasing coordination and collaboration among power entities in the West are essential to tackle mounting technical and political challenges, panelists said during a discussion at the spring joint CREPC-WIRAB meeting.

The Bonneville Power Administration kicked off the last public contract development workshop series under its "Provider of Choice" initiative, allowing stakeholders to provide input on the agency’s long-term power contracts that it will issue later this year.

The Western Power Pool faced “real potential weaknesses” in 2024 due to staff shortages and outdated financial and accounting systems, the organization’s leadership said during their annual member meeting.