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T ransmission A Look at Regional Entities The Western Electricity Coordinating Council States, making it the largest of NERC’s eight regions. The region’s total demand for electricity is 162,052 MW, and its total electricity generation capacity is 196,956 MW, which leaves about 34,904 MW • Studies. • Market-operations interface. • Loads and resources assessments. • Operator training. • Western Renewable Energy Generation Information System. econfiguration Reliabilit eliability Reconfiguration of Reliability West Coordination in the West According to Rachel Sherrard, director of communications for WECC, the council’s board in 2006, as a part of a strategic initiative, voted to consolidate the council’s reliability The Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC) based in Salt Lake City, UT (801-582-0353), is one of eight regional entities certified by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to oversee the reliability of the bulk power system. As a regional entity, WECC works closely with the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) to develop and enforce standards for the reliable operation of the system. WECC’s mission is to assure a reliable bulk electric power system in the Western Interconnection. Region. The WECC footprint includes all or part of 14 states—Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington and Wyoming—two Canadian provinces, Alberta and British Columbia, and a fraction of Baja California in Mexico. This makes WECC the only regional entity operating in three countries. WECC currently has 216 members serving customers in an area encompassing more than half of the United 96 of surplus centers from three to two. capacity. The The two new centers located in region has 70,435 Loveland, CO and Vancouver, WA are miles of existing transmission lines. expected to be fully operational by the Membership. WECC’s membership is end of 2008. open and its members are divided into The centers will be home to teams of seven membership classes: The WECC is the only regional entity • Large transmission owners. operating in three countries: Canada, • Small transMexico, and the United States. mission owners. • Transmission dependent energy service providers. reliability coordinators, study engi• End users. neers, Energy Management System • Representatives of state and provin(EMS) support staff, and IT technicians. cial governments. Reliability coordination, says • Canadian members. Sherrard, is the last line of defense for • Members at large. the bulk power system. Reliability WECC is governed by a 32-member coordinators have a wide-area view of board consisting of stakeholder representhe system and have authority to tatives and independent directors. direct other system operators to take Services. WECC provides members action to preserve reliability. with the following services: According to Sherrard, the centers • Standards development. will operate with a single EMS sys• Compliance monitoring. tem—the West Wide System model— • Enforcement. and a set of common tools and training. • Reliability coordination. “The two centers will be separate • Transmission expansion planning and independent from any host and (performed under WECC’s Transmiswill create complete redundancy of sion Expansion Planning Policy operations,” says Sherrard. Committee). Heather Ervin, associate editor WIND TODA Y Third Quarter 2008

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Wind Today - Q3 2008 Contents 24th Annual CanWEA Conference and Trade Show Vancouver, BC, Conference Host City CanWEA Banquet/Awards WINDPOWER 2008 Review WINDPOWER 2008 Awards AWEA Fall Symposium 2008 Solano Wind Project Large Wind Turbine Manufacturers Forum Manufacturers of Wind Turbines Installed in the United States Wind Turbine Manufacturers Installed Capacity Prince Wind Energy Project Education and Training for A New Wind Frontier Joyce McLean Jim Walker Supply Chain Challenges and Solutions . . . from the Turbine OEM Perspective . . . from the Component OEM Perspective . . . from the Base Industry Perspective . . . from the Investor Perspective U.S. Wind Industry Installations Exceed 20,000 MW 20% by 2030 Summary Analysis Global Wind Turbine Procurement: Strategies and Contract Structures Wind Turbine Acquisition WT News: Association News WT News: Government WT News: Canada WT News: United States WT News: International MMS Close to Issuing Leases for Offshore Testing of Renewable Resources Expert Says Turbine Related Deaths May Cause Significant Impact to Bat Population Windpower Turbines Spinning Again on Prince Edward Island Map: Wind Turbine, Tower, and Blade Manufacturers in the United States A Look at Regional Entities U.S. Installed Wind Capacity State Wind Resource Rankings Wind Resource Maps (Wisconsin and Maine) Bruce Bailey, AWS Truewind John Keating, Canadian Hydro Composotech Crane Service Inc. GPCo Inc. Morgan AM&T 3M Bennett International Group Wind Farms Completed in the United States Wind Farms Under Construction in the United States Glossary Product Surveys Calendar Ad Index

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