CAISO dropped a proposal that would have allowed third-party transmission providers to participate in the EIM after getting negative feedback on the plan.
CAISO is refining changes to its market rules meant to better reflect suppliers’ costs of producing electricity while increasing flexibility.
CAISO is preparing for the upcoming solar eclipse, which is expected to take about 5,600 MW of utility-scale and rooftop solar generation off the grid.
CAISO hauled in the largest share of the $39.52 million in benefits produced by the EIM during the second quarter.
Negative day-ahead prices surged in CAISO during the first quarter stemming from surpluses of solar and hydroelectric output.
The CAISO Board of Governors greenlit new rules that allow the grid operator to constrain the operations of gas plants across the state and the EIM.
The CAISO Board of Governors approved a set of market rules designed to aid the integration of distributed energy resources and energy storage.
While PJM stakeholders were meeting to consider yet more changes to the Reliability Pricing Model, public power representatives took their case to Congress.
California officials cleared the Aliso Canyon natural gas storage facility to resume injections, even as momentum builds to permanently close the site.
CAISO will lean heavily on increased output from conventional generators to make up for lost solar power during next month’s solar eclipse.