Renewable Energy Generation Tracking System to Cover Entire Western Grid

For the first time, renewable energy generation in the West will be tracked and verified under a system being developed by Western governors and the California Energy Commission. The Western Renewable Energy Generation Information System (WREGIS) will cover all of the "Western interconnection" electrical grid, which includes 11 Western states, two Canadian provinces and northern Baja California. WGA and the CEC expect the system to be operating by 2005 and plan to use it to help implement and verify renewable energy requirements throughout the West.

All interested parties, from consumers to utilities, are encouraged to follow and comment on proposals and recommendations developed over the next year. Stakeholder committees were recently formed to develop recommendations on where the Western Renewable Energy Generation Information System would be housed and how it should operate. Stakeholders can track that work and offer comments via the Web at www.westgov.org/wieb/wregis.

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