FERC approved a settlement allowing TransCanyon to collect a 9.8% base ROE for any projects it builds under the CAISO FERC Order 1000 competitive solicitation process.
RTOs told FERC they are confident they will maintain reliability this winter, citing improvements in gas-electric coordination and monitoring tools.
CAISO is seeking stakeholder input on how to respond to a solar eclipse that will significantly curtail output from California’s growing solar generation portfolio next August.
The Sacramento Municipal Utility District will join the CAISO EIM and other members of the Balancing Authority of Northern California (BANC) may follow.
CENACE and CAISO announced an agreement to explore the benefits of having Baja California Norte join the Energy Imbalance Market (EIM).
CAISO is seeking ways to ensure that the EIM governing body and participants, havea say in ISO policies that affect the EIM.
Environmental group Western Resource Advocates was an early proponent of CAISO’s Energy Imbalance Market and is actively supporting the ISO’s effort to transform itself into an RTO serving the broader West.
CAISO last week released the third draft of a proposal outlining the principles intended to underpin the governing framework for a Western RTO.
The entry of Arizona Public Service and Puget Sound Energy into the Western Energy Imbalance Market went off without a hitch, according to CAISO.
Western energy execs discussed the growth of the EIM, a Western RTO, “Caliphopia” and how the Western Interconnection is likely to change.