Initiatives
wgwc pilots
Regional Transmission Expansion Planning
Governors' Policy Resolutions
Transmission and the Electric Power System (2010)
Energy Policy (2010)
Recent Reports
Meeting Renewable Energy Targets in the West at Least Cost: The Integration Challege (2012)
Executive Summary
Full Report
Siting and Permitting Transmission Reforms – Recommendations and Action Items (2012)
WREZ Phase III Report to the Western Governors and Executive Summary (2012)
Western Renewable Energy Zones - Phase 1 Report (2009)
Tools
WREZ Generation and Transmission model (ver 2.5)
Meetings
Getting Rights’ of Way Right
January 16-17, 2013
Summary
Agenda Speaker bios Presentations
WGA Siting Task Force Meeting
October 1-2, 2012
Meeting Summary
Background Materials
Siting Recommendations
Agenda and background material
Presentations
• Role of Task Force
• MOU Template
•Wyoming Roadmap
• CHAT
* EDTF
• Sage Grouse
• Information Exchange
• Federal Plan Toolkit Excerpt
• MOU Template Essentials
Federal Land Siting Meeting
January 11, 2011
Summary
Recommendations Report
Participanting Entities
Western Interstate Energy Board
Western Electricity Coordinating Council
WGA Wildlife Council
Western States Water Council
Western Governors' Wildlife Council - Pilot Projects
Report on Wildlife Corridors Initiative
Pilot Project Status Presentations (December 2010)
Demonstration of Arizona's Wildlife Decision Support System
Identifying crucial habitats and corridors for resident fish and caribou in Alaska’s North Slope
Montana - Idaho High Divide Pilot
DSS Development for Wildlife Resources in California, Nevada, Arizona and Utah
Wyoming Interagency Spatial Database and Online Management Tools for Wildlife
2011 Annual Meeting
Meeting Highlights
Press Releases
Governors encourage greater educational career opportunities for veterans
Federal agencies to use state landscape-level wildlife mapping to inform land use decisions across the West
Western Governors, NOAA agree to work together to improve climate services for the West
WGA's newly elected chair, Gov. Gregoire, launches "Get Out West!" initiative, Gov. Herbert of Utah elected vice chair
Documents Approved
- WGA-NOAA MOU: Collaboration on Information Service Needs and State Capacity Building
- Industrial Energy Efficiency: Improving Competitiveness, Reducing Emissions (report)
- Western Water Resources Infrastructure Strategies: Identifying, Prioritizing and Financing Needs (report)
- The Future of Nuclear Energy: Shaping a Western Policy (report)
2010 Annual Meeting Activities
Online registration is open through June 18th.
Agenda
Draft agenda (revised 5/11/10)
General Information
The main meeting sessions will be held at the Performing Arts Center in the Whitefish Middle School located in downtown Whitefish. Contact
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Meetings Archive