WECC News

^New Reliability in the West Discussion Series: IBR Entity Registration Recording

WECC hosted its Reliability in the West Discussion Series webinar on April 1. The discussion included an update on inverter-based resources (IBR) status and the reliability impacts associated with new Category 2 GO and GOP registrations in the Western Interconnection. Additionally, the webinar covered new and updated NERC Reliability Standards, and a review of past IBR events, including:

• the Iberian Peninsula event
• the Blue Cut Fire
• Odessa events in Texas

Panelists shared lessons learned from these events.

The conversation highlighted the importance of data quality and consistency, as well as the introduction of the new electromagnetic transient (EMT) modeling.

Watch the recording

Time to Act

^New WECC-0160: WECC EMT Modeling and Screening Criteria Drafting Team Solicitation

Drafting team nominations are open through April 17.

On March 24, the WECC Standards Committee (WSC) approved the Standard Authorization Request (SAR), and authorized the solicitation of drafting team members for the project.

If you have interest in participating, submit a nomination form.

Review the SAR

Visit the WECC-0160 project page

Visit the Standards Under Development page

^New Notice of Proposed Revisions to the NERC Rules of Procedure

Comment period is open through May 15.

NERC is proposing revisions to its Rules of Procedure to develop a new registered entity type called Computational Load Entity.

Submit comments to ropcomments@nerc.net

View the proposed changes to Rules of Procedure page on NERC's website

^New Draft Reliability Guidelines Posted for Comments

Comment period is open through May 15.

Submit thoughts, suggestions, and observations.

Read the draft guidelines:

• Operating Reserves Management — Clean
• Operating Reserves Management — Redline

• Parameterization of the DER_A model for Aggregate DER — Clean
• Parameterization of the DER_A model for Aggregate DER — Redline

^New Project 2023-06 CIP-014 Risk Assessment Refinement CIP-014-4

Formal comment period is open through May 14, 8 p.m. EDT.

Use the Standards Balloting and Commenting System (SBS) to submit comments.

View the Project 2023-06 page on NERC's website

Read the Standards Process Manual

^New Project 2026-02 Computational Loads

Formal comment period is open through April 30, 8 p.m. EDT.

Use the SBS to submit comments.

View the Project 2026-02 page on NERC's website

Read the Standards Process Manual