Arizona Public Service and Puget Sound Energy have met the milestones to participate in the CAISO-run Western EIM and will begin trading in the market on Oct. 1.
CAISO is developing a plan to shield small transmission owners from upgrade costs for interconnecting generation to serve load outside the TOs’ service areas.
CAISO last week began work on a plan to extend external resource participation in the western Energy Imbalance Market (EIM).
Arizona Public Service and Puget Sound Energy have moved a step closer to linking up with CAISO’s Energy Imbalance Market (EIM).
CAISO provided stakeholders an update on its efforts to address Air Resources Board (ARB) concerns that the EIM is not properly accounting for the impact of emissions.
The western Energy Imbalance Market continued to boost demand for California’s surplus renewable generation last quarter.
Critics say CAISO is moving too quickly in its effort to get a plan for a Western RTO to California lawmakers before legislative session's end.
CAISO released a revised set of principles for governing a Western RTO in a bid to convince skeptics that an expanded ISO will be amenable to the entire region.
Utah lawmakers plan to draft a bill requiring PacifiCorp to gain legislative approval before joining an RTO based on an expanded CAISO.
FERC rejected the CAISO proposal to prohibit EIM participants from implementing economic bidding at the market’s external interties.