CAISO wants to use reliability-must-run agreements to keep two Calpine plants in Northern California operating after their long-term contracts expire.
The unpredictability of cloud cover, which can cause sharp and sudden drops in solar production, creates a challenge for load forecasting in the EIM.
Stakeholders and EIM Governing Body members gathered in Las Vegas to express their support for the CAISO-created Regional Issues Forum.
The balancing area for the Sacramento Municipal Utilities District signed an agreement allowing SMUD to join the Western EIM in 2019.
The CAISO proposal would prevent small transmission owners from bearing high interconnection costs, a circumstance faced by Valley Electric.
FERC said it will give CAISO more time to address its concerns over intertie bidding at the borders of the Energy Imbalance Market (EIM).
Participants in the Energy Imbalance Market (EIM) should not rely on it to reduce their capacity requirements, CAISO cautioned.
Members of the Energy Imbalance Market (EIM) saw increased savings and profits with the addition of Puget Sound Energy and APS.
Arizona Public Service (APS) can continue to charge market-based rates in Tucson Electric Power’s balancing authority area, FERC ruled.
A new, “expedited” CAISO initiative seeks to establish a process for selecting and procuring black start resources.