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.

Panelists at the Energy Bar Association’s Mid-Year Energy Forum heard two very different views of the health of wholesale markets.

Energy storage can provide many benefits to the Western electricity grid, but it will require complex and costly modeling to be integrated properly.

The CAISO-run Western EIM has increased the operational flexibility of the region’s utilities, panelists said at the Infocast Transmission Summit West.

FERC issued CAISO-related rulings on PG&E, Portland General Electric and Aliso Canyon.

CAISO is dropping a handful of proposed enhancements to the EIM less than two months before the board is slated to review a broader package.

FERC approved CAISO’s agreement for integrating Canadian power marketer Powerex into the EIM.

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

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

Berkshire Hathaway Energy subsidiaries PacifiCorp and NV Energy asked FERC to lift bidding restrictions placed on them in the EIM.