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November 27, 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.
EKM Metering
Parties Protest PG&E Plan to Spin off Generation
PG&E's proposal to place most of its generation fleet into a new company and to sell nearly half the firm to investors is taking flak at FERC and the CPUC.
ISO-NE
After a Quarter Century Industry Experts Still Split on Restructuring
After a quarter century, there is still no consensus on whether RTO markets and retail choice lead to lower prices.
Utah Office of Energy Development and S&P Global Market Intelligence
CAISO Issues Report on Western Regionalization Studies
CAISO released a draft report on Western regionalization that is intended to revive talks on the ISO becoming a multistate RTO and bolster legislation.
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NV Energy Blames ‘Heavy Wet Snow’ for New Year’s Outages
NV Energy told Nevada regulators that “extreme weather” and wet snow caused outages that cut power to nearly 124,000 customers at the start of the year.
New Mexico Public Regulation Commission
New NM Commissioner Steps Down over Qualifications
Less than two weeks after the governor appointed new members to the New Mexico PRC, one member has resigned and a replacement has been named.
PacifiCorp
FERC Approves PacifiCorp’s Interconnection Replacement Rules
FERC approved changes to PacifiCorp’s interconnection procedures that will allow it to use retiring generators’ interconnection capacity for new power plants.
California Governor's Office
Calif. Governor Proposes $6B in Climate Budget Cuts
Gov. Gavin Newsom's budget plan proposes cutting $6 billion in funding for clean energy and transportation programs because of a steep drop in revenue.
California Governor's Office
New California Energy, Climate Laws Go Live
A half dozen new climate and energy laws took effect in California on Jan. 1.
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FERC, PacifiCorp Reach $4.4M Settlement in Tx Ratings Probe
FERC approved a $4.4 million settlement with PacifiCorp that ends an enforcement probe into the utility’s transmission line rating practices.
NOAA
California Storms Fill Reservoirs, Build Snowpack
A series of storms have started to fill depleted hydroelectric reservoirs and build deep snowpack in California while also causing power outages and flooding.

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