How many RCs there will be in the Western Interconnection, and who they are, should come into better focus on Sept. 4, said WECC CEO Melanie Frye.

SPP met in Colorado with Western entities that have expressed interest in its reliability coordinator services, committed to providing RC services for WECC.

CAISO’s push to become a reliability coordinator (RC) passed its first milestone after its Board of Governors approved the proposed rate design.

CAISO projects it will cost as much as $18.5 million to provide reliability coordinator services to areas outside its balancing authority.

WAPA said it has submitted a formal request to SPP for reliability coordinator services on behalf of two of its balancing authorities.

SPP announced it intends to serve as a reliability coordinator in the Western Interconnection by late 2019.

Peak Reliability outlined a vision for reworking its current structure and reducing costs as it tries to prevent a mass exodus of customers to CAISO.

CAISO divulged that most of the load in the Western Interconnection has signed letters of intent for its new reliability coordinator (RC) services.

CAISO has been studying its recent move to become a reliability coordinator (RC) since early last year, and ISO officials have extensively reviewed the proposal, it said.