Western states must work together to build transmission avoid blackouts, Idaho Power CEO Lisa Grow and CAISO CEO Elliot Mainzer agreed.
CAISO’s Western EIM notched another milestone as it welcomed the country’s largest municipal utility and extended its border to include much of New Mexico.
WECC stakeholders expressed their displeasure with a revised proposal to revamp its committee structure and appoint a new Committee Review Body.
El Paso Electric, a utility that serves more than 400,000 customers in Texas and New Mexico, plans to join CAISO’s Western Energy Imbalance Market in 2023.
The Northwest Power Pool is moving to wrap up the design phase of its regional resource adequacy program, stakeholders heard.
Industry participants support efforts to limit acquisition of foreign-manufactured hardware but warn that removal from existing systems will be challenging.
CAISO briefed stakeholders on the schedule and scope of a series of upcoming sessions to address market enhancements for summer 2021 readiness.
BPA acting administrator and CEO John Hairston will officially assume the top job at the federal power marketing agency, the DOE said.
CAISO’s top priority in 2021 will be making sure there is enough generating capacity for summer after last year’s shortfalls.
Western BAs should determine what caused errors in load and generation forecasts during August’s massive heat wave and fix their forecasting processes.