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July 5, 2024

CAISO/WEIM

The California Independent System Operator serves about 80% of California's electricity demand, including the service areas of the state's three investor-owned utilities. It also operates the Western Energy Imbalance Market, an interstate real-time market covering territory that accounts for 80% of the load in the Western Interconnection.
U.S. Forest Service
California PUC Grants PG&E $1B in Wildfire Costs
The California PUC awarded Pacific Gas and Electric more than $1 billion in wildfire mitigation costs despite opposition from its own Public Advocates Office.
CAISO
Panel Explores Consumer Connections to Western RA
Last September, California residents helped the state avert rolling blackouts by acting on an emergency text. What does that mean for RA planning?
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CAISO Tries to Shake up Its Interconnection Process
CAISO began a new stakeholder process to achieve "transformative improvements" to its overloaded interconnection queuing and management processes.
Thomas Built Buses
Nevada Lawmakers Pass Bills on Utility Market Risk, Clean Trucks
Legislators ended the session by passing bills related to IRPs for electric and gas utilities and a bill creating a zero-emission truck incentive program.
U.S. SEC
FERC Partially Approves PSCo’s Queue Changes
FERC partially approved Public Service Company of Colorado's rules to streamline interconnection by limiting the number of speculative projects in the queue.
Vistra
FERC Approves New Rules to Enhance Battery Performance in CAISO
FERC on Thursday approved energy storage and reliability improvement rules that help ensure CAISO will be able to meet needs.
CAISO
WEIM Sees Record Q1 Benefits with Growth of Footprint
CAISO’s Western Energy Imbalance Market yielded members $418.82 million in economic benefits during the first three months of 2023, a first-quarter record.
Southwest Energy Efficiency Project
Bill Would Require NV Energy to Examine Market Reliance
A bill to strengthen the IRP process for Nevada utilities and require them to increase their energy independence has emerged late in the legislature’s session.
CAISO
WEIM Wins FERC OK for Resource Sufficiency Changes
FERC approved changes to WEIM's resource sufficiency evaluation, including allowing transfers to members that fail to meet their RSE obligations.
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FERC Approves PG&E’s Proposal to Spin off Generation
FERC approves Pacific Gas and Electric’s transaction to spin off its non-nuclear generation — more than 5,000 MW — to new subsidiary Pacific Generation.

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