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NW Cold Snap Dispute Reflects Divisions over Western Markets

Mar 3, 2024CAISO/WEIMRobert Mullin

A dispute around the January cold snap that forced Northwest utilities to sharply increase electricity imports to meet surging demand has become a proxy for the broader day-ahead market contest between CAISO and SPP.

WestTEC Transmission Effort Selects Stakeholder Committee

Feb 28, 2024CAISO/WEIMElaine Goodman

Western Power Pool has announced the 24 members of a stakeholder group that will participate in the West-wide transmission planning effort.

Northwest Public Power Group Endorses Markets+ over EDAM

Feb 27, 2024CAISO/WEIMRobert Mullin

The Public Power Council has asked the Bonneville Power Administration to choose SPP’s Markets+ when the agency issues its day-ahead market “leaning” in April.

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BPA Targets August for Draft Day-ahead Market Decision

Feb 5, 2024CAISO/WEIMRobert Mullin

The Bonneville Power Administration plans to issue a draft decision on its day-ahead market participation in August, followed by a final decision in November.

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Parties Split on Biden Administration Deal on Snake River Dams

Jan 30, 2024Public PolicyJames Downing

House Republicans lambasted a deal that the Biden administration struck between Oregon, Washington and four tribes on four dams along the Snake River.

Oregon RA Rules Could Favor WRAP Participation

Jan 15, 2024Public PolicyElaine Goodman

Oregon regulators are moving closer to adopting resource adequacy rules that would incentivize load-serving entities to join the Western Power Pool’s WRAP.

West Entered Pivotal Period for RTO Development in 2023

Jan 3, 2024CAISO/WEIMRobert Mullin

Future historians of the U.S. electricity sector one day might conclude the development of an RTO in the West hinged on two separate but interrelated events occurring on one day in July 2023.

CAISO Wins (Nearly) Sweeping FERC Approval for EDAM

Dec 21, 2023CAISO/WEIMRobert Mullin

CAISO marked a key milestone in its Western expansion efforts after FERC approved nearly every aspect of its proposed Extended Day-Ahead Market.

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SPP’s MPEC Approves Markets+ Governance Plan

Dec 10, 2023MarketsRobert Mullin

SPP met a major milestone in its Western efforts as a Markets+ committee approved the day-ahead market’s proposed governing document.

Region Still Split as BPA Approaches Day-ahead Market Decision

Nov 30, 2023CAISO/WEIMRobert Mullin

The Bonneville Power Administration is pulling back from its ambitious schedule for choosing which Western day-ahead market it will join, officials with the federal power marketing administration said during a workshop.

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