FERC approved a package of modifications developed by CAISO for the EIM, and issued several other decisions related to Western states and energy markets.

The Energy Imbalance Market Governing Body rejected the CAISO move to change how members of the panel are nominated.

The EIM Governing Body approved a set of market initiatives that represents a narrowed-down version of a package CAISO had proposed.

CAISO has proposed to change the selection process for members of the Western Energy Imbalance Market (EIM) Governing Body to rely less on outside firms.

EIM market participants voiced concerns about fluctuating load forecasts that make it harder to pass resource sufficiency tests.

The EIM Governing Body approved a CAISO proposal allowing market participants to take part in a program that models generator outages.

CAISO dropped a proposal that would have allowed third-party transmission providers to participate in the EIM after getting negative feedback on the plan.

EIM leaders endorsed a CAISO proposal that would allow the ISO to constrain output from natural gas-fired plants across the market.

EIM participants are generally supportive of CAISO's plan to account for greenhouse gas emissions of external resources but requested more info.

CAISO has begun seeking comment from participants in the Western Energy Imbalance Market on three modifications it’s proposing to make to the market.