March 9th, 2010

After a three day meeting on March 2-4, the Wind Turbine Guidelines Federal Advisory Committee reached consensus on draft wind turbine guideline recommendations on minimizing the impacts of land-based wind farms on wildlife and habitat. Click the lin... > View Link

March 9th, 2010

Over 70 leaders from the transmission, renewables, and wildlife communities met in Washington, DC, on February 22 for the Renewables and Transmission Forum: Transition to a Reduced Carbon Energy Economy, hosted by the NWCC. Participants had the oppor... > Read Article

January 29th, 2010

The new Sage Grouse Collaborative will hold its first Steering Committee meeting on February 3-4 in Boulder, CO. > Read Article

December 14th, 2009

Given the debates in congress, at FERC, in regional forums, and soon to be announced US Department of Energy FOA recipients for Interconnection Level Planning and Analysis, the opportunity exists to take stock on major issues that need to be addresse... > Read Article

November 3rd, 2009

The summary for the October NWCC Transmission Update Briefing is now available! > Read Article

October 20th, 2009

The October NWCC Transmission Update featured Mason Emnet who discussed FERC's recently held Technical Conferences to evaluate the effectiveness of Order 890 and Ashely Brown of Harvard University who has co-authored a paper that closely examines par... > Read Article

October 14th, 2009

A final draft of an updated Wind Turbine Interactions with Birds and Bats: A Summary of Research Results and Remaining Questions (aka Birds & Bats Factsheet) has been submitted to the Wildlife Workgroup Core Group for approval and will be submitted f... > Read Article

October 13th, 2009

On September 28, the NWCC held the third webcast in the Exploring the Transmission and Wildlife Interface series. This briefing focused on the findings of the Western Governors’ Association Western Renewable Energy Zone initiative as well as Nevada. > Read Article