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April 17, 2025

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Newsom Issues Order to Speed Undergrounding of Lines in Los Angeles
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has suspended environmental laws to accelerate the undergrounding and hardening of utility equipment in communities ravaged by the Los Angeles wildfires.
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CAISO EDAM Pioneers Share Implementation Details
With go-live dates for its first two participants looming in May and October of next year, implementation activities for CAISO’s EDAM are ramping up.
CAISO
WEIM Q4 Benefits Exceed $374M
CAISO's Western Energy Imbalance Market provided participants $374.25 million in benefits during the fourth quarter of 2024, down about 4% from the same period a year earlier, according to an ISO report.
The Brattle Group
Brattle Study Shows Big Benefits for California in ‘Expanded’ EDAM
California ratepayers would save millions more in a CAISO Extended Day-Ahead Market encompassing nearly all the West than in one that includes only those utilities likely to join the market, according to a new Brattle Group study.
Cal Fire
No Grid Impact from LA Fires, CAISO Says
The rapidly spreading brush fires that have devastated multiple communities around Los Angeles are not expected to affect California’s broader transmission grid, CAISO said.
NOAA
CAISO Leaders Look Ahead to 2025 with Confidence
CAISO, California and other parts of the West head into 2025 with a heavy load of priorities: implementing EDAM, developing the infrastructure needed to meet ambitious climate goals, and moving forward with new and continuing initiatives to address some of the ISO’s biggest challenges.
Blade Energy Partners/CPUC
California PUC Votes to Keep Aliso Canyon Open, for Now
California regulators voted to keep the Aliso Canyon Natural Gas Storage Facility running, saying the site of a massive gas leak in 2015 remains necessary to maintain reliability and reasonable rates.
LADWP
LADWP Gets Board’s OK to Join CAISO’s EDAM
The Los Angeles Board of Water and Power Commissioners gave the go-ahead for LADWP to join CAISO’s EDAM, in a move expected to increase the utility’s annual net revenue by almost $40 million.
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BANC Signs Agreement to Join EDAM
The Balancing Authority of Northern California became the third entity to formally join CAISO’s Extended Day-Ahead Market, following PacifiCorp and Portland General Electric.
Salt River Project
4 Arizona Utilities Commit to Joining Markets+
The joint announcement by APS, SRP, TEP and UniSource Energy marks a significant win for SPP after a string of victories for CAISO’s competing Extended Day-Ahead Market.

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