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January 11, 2025

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.
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FERC Rejects PG&E Standard Interconnection Agreement
FERC rejected PG&E's proposed transmission-to-transmission interconnection agreement, which generated strong opposition.
Regenerate California
Report Criticizes Gas Plant Performance During California Heat Wave
California's gas-fired power plants experienced a surge of curtailments and spiking emissions during last summer's heat wave, according to the report from an in-state environmental coalition.
TransWest Express
TransWest Express Transmission Line Breaks Ground
Developers held a ceremonial groundbreaking for the TransWest Express line, intended to carry 3 GW of wind power from Wyoming to California.
WECC
WECC Says Summer Looks Better with Caveats
The Western summer reliability outlook is better than in recent years, but shortfalls could arise because of supply chain problems or scarce imports, WECC says.
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Iterative Changes to Interconnection Queues Discussed at Transmission Summit
At Infocast’s Transmission & Interconnection Summit, experts said interconnection requests continue to grow and grid operators have tried to keep pace.
American Council on Renewable Energy
Reliability Panel Highlights Benefits of Interregional Transmission
A panel of experts discussing NERC’s Summer Reliability Assessment emphasized the need for teamwork in benefiting from increased interregional transmission.
Center for Sustainable Energy
California EV Rebate Program Expected to Run Empty Ahead of Plan
Price drops for Tesla’s Model 3 and Model Y have made the EVs eligible again for a California rebate; now the incentive program is running out of money.
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.

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