CAISO officials and stakeholders discussed the ISO's primary frequency response product initiative.
FERC said that CAISO contracts for transferred frequency response service can include a provision recognizing counterparties.
FERC approved CAISO's agreements to procure frequency response from the Bonneville Power Administration and Seattle City Light.
Last week's FERC technical conference on the EIM began on a contentious note but concluded with participants understanding each others’ perspectives.
More changes are needed to the CAISO proposed rules for a Western RTO to win approval from the states in which PacifiCorp operates, stakeholders say.
Western energy execs discussed the growth of the EIM, a Western RTO, “Caliphopia” and how the Western Interconnection is likely to change.
Arizona Public Service and Puget Sound Energy began transacting in the Western Energy Imbalance Market (EIM) on Oct. 1, bringing the region’s only real-time market up to five members.
Transmission industry owners, operators, generators, regulators, financiers and other key players from the Western U.S. attended Infocast’s 8th annual Transmission Summit West.
FERC approved the Macquarie Energy (ASX:MQG) request to revise its market-based rate tariff to allow the company to engage in short-term simultaneous transactions along a key Pacific Northwest transmission system.
Western utility leaders at the CAISO annual stakeholder event said they welcome the operational benefits and increased regional cooperation of the EIM but remain wary of organizing the wider West under a CAISO-run RTO.