The EIM Governing Body approved a set of market initiatives that represents a narrowed-down version of a package CAISO had proposed.
Speakers at a CAISO Regional Issues Forum discussed their approach to effectively integrating hydropower, coal and jointly owned plants into the EIM.
FERC approved CAISO’s request to extend temporary market measures instituted last year in response to the closure of Aliso Canyon.
State regulators and transmission customers of Southern California Edison urged FERC to reject the utility’s requested rate hike for 2018.
FERC upheld a previous ruling covering Order 1000 cost allocation in the WestConnect planning region, adding further explanation of its reasoning.
Increased labor costs from the expanding EIM helped push up CAISO’s 2018 revenue requirement by $1.9 million to $197.2 million.
CAISO is facing pressure from some stakeholders to broaden the scope of its Energy Storage and Distributed Energy Resources (ESDER) Phase 3 initiative.
FERC approved CAISO Tariff changes to establish a process for procuring black start resources needed to restore California’s transmission system.
PacifiCorp and NV Energy can sell power into the Western Energy Imbalance Market (EIM) at market-based rates, FERC has ruled.
CAISO has proposed to change the selection process for members of the Western Energy Imbalance Market (EIM) Governing Body to rely less on outside firms.