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Some customers join together to develop one cooperative IRP instead of individual IRPs, based on common factors such as resource use, geographic location, supplier, transmission, etc. IRP cooperatives have 18 months to submit IRPs instead of the 12 months allowed for individual IRPs. See the IRP section for more details about Western's IRP Procedures. |