CAISO sent the California Legislature a summary of recent studies of Western regionalization, information intended to aid discussion of the ISO becoming an RTO.
CAISO revamped its policy initiatives roadmap to reflect its to top strategic goals including ensuring resource adequacy and expanding its Western market role.
The California PUC ordered utilities to procure an additional 4 GW of clean-energy resources by 2027 and said the state needs 85 GW of new resources by 2035.
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The Western EIM tariff changes allow generators to include the costs of GHG compliance associated with Washington’s cap-and-trade program in their energy bids.
A key California lawmaker introduced a bill to allow CAISO to become a Western RTO by expanding its governance to include representatives from other states.
The California PUC, Energy Commission and CAISO signed an agreement that will help make CAISO's transmission planning more proactive, CEO Elliot Mainzer said.
CAISO's Board of Governors and the Western Energy Imbalance Market Governing Body approved an extended day-ahead market for the WEIM, calling it a milestone.
What the RTOs told FERC about how they are working to ensure reliability despite a changing generation mix — and what the commenters think of their plans.
RTO stakeholders presented FERC with a cornucopia of suggestions for dealing with electrification and the increasing penetration of renewables.
Roger Clayton of the NYSRC told stakeholders that the council is developing interconnection reliability rules for inverter-based resources.