Regulatory and Restructuring
Project Management

DSW's Regulatory & Restructuring Project Management, in collaboration with other Western Offices, Customers and DOE, provides innovative leadership in formulating and implementing Western-wide strategies, policies and procedures related to electric industry regulation and restructuring at the regional, state and Federal level.

DSW's Current/Recent Regulatory & Restructuring Activities

Western's SMD Comments (01/10/03)

Reclamation's SMD NOPR Comments (01/10/03)

Presentation to the NWPPA (12/13/02)

SEAMS Steering Group - Western Interconnection (SSG-WI)

FERC Generation Interconnection Activties

WestConnect RTO

WestConnect SMD NOPR Comments (01/10/03)

RTO West

California ISO (CAISO)

• Market Design 2002 (MD02)

Midwest ISO (MISO)

Crescent Moon

PJM

Federal Legislative Activity

Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

House Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality

Senate Committee on Appropriations

House Committee on Appropriations

Western's Regulatory & Restructuring Project Managers

Ron Moulton - Desert Southwest Region

Bob Kennedy - Rocky Mountain Region & CRSP Management Center

Ed Chang - Sierra Nevada Region

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)

• SMD NOPR

• Generation Interconnection

• Order 2000

• Order 889

• Order 888

North American Energy Standards Board (NAESB)

North American Electric Reliability Council (NERC)

• Electronic  Scheduling Collaborative (ESC)

Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC)

• Market Interface Committee (MIC)

Department of Energy (DOE)

•  National Transmission Grid Study

Energy Information Administration 

• Electric Power Industry Restructuring & Deregulation

Western Interstate Energy Board (WIEB)

Western Governors' Association Energy Pages (WGA)

• Governors Cite Concerns over FERC Proposal for Electricity Grids
• WGA Letter to FERC

Committee on Regional Electric Power Cooperation (CREPC)