Register now for tribal transmission and clean energy forum

The Department of Energy’s Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs and the Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability are sponsoring the second Tribal Leader Forum, Exploring the Business Link Opportunity: Transmission & Clean Energy Development in the West.  This  two-day forum will take place Feb. 7 to 8 at the Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel. Tribal leaders will have the opportunity to  meet with each other, as well as energy industry executives and Federal officials to promote education and information sharing about transmission and clean energy development in Indian Country. Read more.

More Breaking news (sign up for our News Feed   )

• Charging stations spring up around the country
• ACEEE report finds energy-efficiency upgrades a win-win for apartment owners, tenants
• Upcoming deadlines
• Webinar examines smart phone apps for utilities
• Energy self-sufficiency the topic of tribal webinar series
• Workshops highlight agricultural energy audits
• Water conservation offers economic benefits too

Annual Interconnection Workshop focuses on integrating wind, solar

Western is teaming up with the Utility Wind Integration Group  (UWIG), American Public Power Association  and DOE's Wind and Water Power, Solar Energy Technologies and Tribal Energy programs to present the sixth Distributed Wind/Solar Interconnection Workshop, Feb. 22 to 24.

The workshop, taking place at Western's Electric Power Training Center in Golden, Colo., provides a comprehensive overview of wind and solar integration studies. University and college students, mployees of public power utilities and tribal members may be eligible for scholarships to the event. Read more.

Guidebooks available on CD

Western offers an extensive library of guidebooks on CD to help utilities explore ways to incorporate more renewable energy into their power mix. The CDs are available to our customers free of charge. See the full list.

Submitting your annual integrated resource plan update is easier for Western customers with the online IRP data collection program. Register to use this standardized tool for annual integrated resource plan updates.

Like the compliance training program, the web-based system is designed to streamline the reporting process, increase customers' understanding of the IRP requirements and ensure a consistent review process.