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CAISO’s EDAM Scores Key Wins in Contested Northwest

Mar 21, 2024CAISO/WEIMRobert Mullin

CAISO scored simultaneous victories in heavily contested territory after Portland General Electric and Idaho Power both signaled their intent to join the Extended Day-Ahead Market.

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.

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FERC Challenges Market-based Rates for Idaho Power’s Home Territory

Feb 27, 2024CAISO/WEIMRich Heidorn Jr.

FERC threatened to revoke Idaho Power’s market-based rate authority in its home territory, citing the utility’s failure of a key market power test.

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CAISO Board Approves Nevada Transmission Line to Access Idaho Wind

Dec 18, 2023Public PolicyAyla Burnett

CAISO’s Board of Governors approved the inclusion of the Southwest Intertie Project-North in to the ISO’s 2022-2023 transmission portfolio.

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CAISO Pursuing Approval of New Line to Tap Idaho Wind

Nov 13, 2023CAISO/WEIMAyla Burnett

CAISO is moving quickly to gain approval for a proposed transmission line that would allow California to meet targets for tapping Idaho wind resources while helping both states bolster their resource adequacy.

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FERC OKs Transmission Swap Between Idaho Power, PacifiCorp

Oct 19, 2023CAISO/WEIMRich Heidorn Jr.

FERC approved a transmission asset swap between Idaho Power and PacificCorp as part of the companies’ plans to develop a 300-mile-long, 500-kV line.

Plan Seeks to Boost Prospects for New Transmission in the West

Oct 4, 2023CAISO/WEIMRobert Mullin

The Western Power Pool floated a plan to revamp transmission planning in the West to spur development of the kind of large-scale transmission projects FERC’s Order 1000 has failed to produce.

Idaho PUC Declines to Join Western RTO Governance Effort

Sep 18, 2023MarketsRobert Mullin

The Idaho Public Utilities Commission last week said it will not join with other state regulators in an initiative to lay the groundwork for an independent RTO designed to serve the entire Western Interconnection.

Forum Turnout, Tone Could Signal Growing Support for EDAM

Sep 4, 2023CAISO/WEIMRobert Mullin

The stars may not yet have aligned for CAISO in the contest to bring an organized electricity market to the West, but key industry players appeared to be doing just that at an ISO event to celebrate the progress of its Extended Day-Ahead Market.

CAISO

Idaho Power Seeks FERC Help with $700K WEIM Fine

Aug 30, 2023CAISO/WEIMJames Downing

Idaho Power asked FERC to overturn a $700,000 fine for what it called a minor metering mistake that had no real impact on the Western Energy Imbalance Market.

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