West-Wide Governance Pathway Initiative
West-Wide Governance Pathways Initiative
The West-Wide Governance Pathways Initiative has secured commitments of financial support from 24 utilities and other electricity-sector organizations and expects that list to grow.
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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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The West-Wide Governance Pathways Initiative is advancing on its $570,000 funding target. And its members also are wading deeper into one of the key subjects it was conceived to address: CAISO's governance.
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The Bonneville Power Administration plans to issue a draft decision on its day-ahead market participation in August, followed by a final decision in November.
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The change of heart comes as participants in the West-Wide Governance Pathways Initiative work to build the framework for an independent RTO.
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Backers of an effort to create the framework for an independent Western RTO know how much money they’ll need to get things off the ground, and they’re seeking funders.
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Future historians of the U.S. electricity sector one day might conclude the development of an RTO in the West hinged on two separate but interrelated events occurring on one day in July 2023.
Westside Governance Pathways Initiative
The group working to establish a single Western RTO heard summaries of five potential options for a new governing body that could be independent of CAISO.
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The West-Wide Governance Pathways Initiative is seeking $800,000 in federal grants to support its administrative and outreach needs as it works to lay the foundation for an independent Western RTO.
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The committee tasked with laying the groundwork for an independent Western RTO is confronting a complex set of challenges on an ambitious timeline.
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