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February 17, 2025

CAISO/WEIM

The California Independent System Operator serves about 80% of California's electricity demand, including the service areas of the state's three investor-owned utilities. It also operates the Western Energy Imbalance Market, an interstate real-time market covering territory that accounts for 80% of the load in the Western Interconnection.
Powerex
Powerex Paper Sparks Dispute over EDAM ‘Design Flaw’
The new paper from Powerex is likely to reignite the debate between supporters of CAISO’s Extended Day-Ahead Market and SPP’s Markets+ just as the competition between the two markets approach critical junctures.
BPA
BPA Committed to Trump’s Energy Goals, Hairston Says
BPA CEO John Hairston said the agency is committed to President Donald Trump’s goal to “unleash American energy dominance,” while also revealing that about 200 staff have accepted the president’s deferred resignation offer.
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CAISO EDAM Pioneers Share Implementation Details
With go-live dates for its first two participants looming in May and October of next year, implementation activities for CAISO’s EDAM are ramping up.
ITC Midwest
Incumbent Utilities Make Case for ROFR Laws in New Report
A band of incumbent utilities has collected case studies that they say demonstrate the need to instate or maintain the right of first refusal for the good of grid expansion.
Wyoming Business Council
Pathways ‘Step 2’ Plan Elicits Praise, Concerns — and Advice
A workshop on the West-Wide Governance Pathways Initiative has sparked praise for the proposal as well as concerns, including uneasiness over plans to share staffing between CAISO and a new regional organization that would govern Western electricity markets.
Shutterstock
SCE Probes Link Between Equipment and Eaton Fire

Southern California Edison told the California Public Utilities Commission it is reviewing videos suggesting a link between its equipment and the devastating Eaton Fire.

U.S. Forest Service
Senate Wildfire Bills Address Tx Corridor Clearing, Other Measures
A bipartisan bill in the U.S. Senate would make it easier for utilities to clear trees around power lines on U.S. Forest Service land by not requiring a timber sale for the cut-down material.
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CPUC Approves Rules to Streamline New Transmission
California regulators have approved rules to streamline permitting of transmission projects, saying the move is needed to maintain grid reliability and reach state climate goals.
Hydro-Québec
Uncertainty Remains Around Energy Tariffs amid Last-minute Deals
As the Trump administration forged last-minute agreements with Canada and Mexico to postpone steep new tariffs, the energy industry fretted about potential fallout for cross-border supply chains and wholesale electricity markets 
CAISO
WEIM Q4 Benefits Exceed $374M
CAISO's Western Energy Imbalance Market provided participants $374.25 million in benefits during the fourth quarter of 2024, down about 4% from the same period a year earlier, according to an ISO report.

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