As of Nov. 1, 16 participants are moving forward with binding operations beginning in the winter 2027/2028 season for the Western Resource Adequacy Program (WRAP).
WRAP, which is the first region-wide reliability planning and compliance program in the history of the West, is being launched by the Western Power Pool. WRAP members include public power utilities.
October 31 was the deadline set in a tariff for WRAP participants to provide notification if they plan to exit the program before binding operations start in Winter 2027/2028.
The committed participants bring significant load (over 58,000 MW in peak load) and resources and a large, diverse geographic footprint, making WRAP one of the largest RA programs in the country and giving us critical mass for a binding program, noted Western Power Pool Chief Strategy Officer Rebecca Sexton in a notice to members of the WRAP Resource Adequacy Participants Committee, regarding participants committed to WRAP binding operations in Winter 2027/2028.
The committed participants are:
• Arizona Public Service Company
• Avista Corp
• Bonneville Power Administration
• PUD No. 1 of Chelan County
• Clatskanie People’s Utility District
• Constellation
• PUD #2 of Grant County
• Idaho Power
• NorthWestern Energy
• Powerex Corp.
• Puget Sound Energy
• Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District
• Seattle City Light
• Tacoma Power
• The Energy Authority, Inc.
• Tucson Electric Power
