TEPPC Meeting February 4, 2016 Salt Lake City, UT Thomas Carr Western Interstate Energy Board CREPC/SPSC/ WIRAB Update

CREPC/SPSC/WIRAB Committee on Regional Electric Power Cooperation (CREPC) CREPC formed over 30 years ago as an information sharing entity among states/provinces on western energy issues State-Provincial Steering Committee (SPSC) Created and organized in 2009 by states/provinces to implement tasks under the DOE ARRA grant Western Interconnection Regional Advisory Body (WIRAB) Provide advice to WECC, NERC and FERC pursuant to Section 215 of the Federal Power Act 2

Spring Meeting SPSC/CREPC/WIRAB spring meeting Date – TBD Location – TBD 3

Clean Power Plan Update States engaged in their respective stakeholder processes for CPP Face critical threshold issues: Rate-based v. mass-based Point of regulation: EGUs v. state measures Trading systems: ERCs v. allowances, partners State plan deadlines Preliminary plan – Sept Final plan – Sept

WIEB CPP Webinars In February, 2 webinars on Clean Power Plan compliance Webinar 1: Allowance Distribution Options under a Mass Based Approach to CPP Compliance Wednesday, February 3 Dallas Burtraw, Resources for the Future Webinar 2: Potential linkage to existing trading platforms such as the Western Climate Initiative (WCI) or Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI). Later in February Both webinars will be recorded and posted on the WIEB Clean Power Plan webpage 5

2024/2026 Common Case and CPP Analysis 2024 Common Case used to derive these initial CPP gaps 6

Timeline for CPP studies 7

Questions? Thomas Carr Western Interstate Energy Board