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December 22, 2024

California Independent System Operator (CAISO)

The Brattle Group
Markets+ ‘Equitable’ Solution to Seams Issues, Backers Say
Proponents of SPP’s Markets+ contend in their latest “issue alert” that the framework provides a much more equitable solution to tackling market seams than under CAISO’s EDAM.
West-Wide Governance Pathways Initiative
Comments on Western RO Stakeholder Plan Show Complexity of Effort
Stakeholder comments filed with the West-Wide Governance Pathways Initiative illustrate the complexity of building the new kind of Western regional organization envisioned by backers of the effort.
CAISO
CAISO Backtracks on Proposal to Refine Battery BCR
CAISO is reconsidering its proposal to address unwarranted bid cost recovery payments for storage resources following internal analysis that suggested the proposed solution wouldn’t sufficiently address the problem.
Electricity Canada
Consumer Response Saved Alberta Grid During Jan. 2024 Cold Snap
An emergency alert urging the public to conserve energy helped the Alberta Electric System Operator narrowly avert rolling blackouts during January’s extreme cold snap.
MMR Group
Clean Energy Buyers Push Passage of New Calif. Reliability Law
Assembly Bill 2368 would require the California Public Utilities Commission to adopt a 1-in-10 loss of load expectation — or a similarly robust planning standard — when setting resource adequacy requirements.
JPxG, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
CAISO Interconnection Enhancements Proposal Still in Flux

The issue of how to allocate transmission plan deliverability for projects with long lead-time network and reliability upgrades remained the center of discussion at a CAISO Interconnection Process Enhancements Working Group meeting.

Bonneville Power Administration
‘Leaning’ Evident in BPA Response to NW Senators
CAISO’s adoption of the Pathways Initiative’s “Step 1” changes won't overcome BPA’s objections to the governance of the ISO’s EDAM, Administrator John Hairston told U.S. senators from the Pacific Northwest.
Garth Weals, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
CAISO IDs More Challenges in Refining Interconnection Process
CAISO dove into Track 3 of its Interconnection Process Enhancements initiative as staff and stakeholders grappled with how to solve problems related to allocating transmission plan deliverability.
Black Hills Energy
CAISO’s WEIM Plucks Black Hills Utilities from SPP’s WEIS
CAISO scored a geographically small but symbolically significant victory with the announcement that two Black Hills Energy subsidiaries will move to the ISO’s Western Energy Imbalance Market.
Bonneville Power Administration
BPA Postpones Day-ahead Market Decision Until 2025
The Bonneville Power Administration will delay its decision on choosing between SPP’s Markets+ and CAISO’s Extended Day-Ahead Market until May 2025.

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