BPA dispelled lingering doubts about its intent to join the Western EIM, but will take time to address stakeholders about how the move will affect them.

Leaders of CAISO and its EIM established a panel to update the EIM’s governance as the real-time market grows and likely adds day-ahead bidding.

A carbon workshop hosted by the EIM underscored how West Coast and Intermountain states can be uneasy partners in CAISO’s real-time market.

The Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) took another step toward membership in the Western EIM when it kicked off a monthlong public comment process.

SPP has raised the stakes in what could shape up to be a long-term competition to win over the Western electricity market one service at a time.

CAISO said that Turlock Irrigation District, California’s oldest irrigation district, signed an agreement to join the Energy Imbalance Market in April 2021.

The Western Energy Imbalance Market chalked up another future member after Tucson Electric Power signed an agreement saying it will join in April 2022.

Pacific Northwest members reaped an unusually large chunk of the Western EIM's benefits in the first quarter, leaning on it to keep up with demand.

SPP has made its long-held interest in the West official by “calling on interested utilities and other customers” to help build a real-time market “that will meet the electricity needs of the Western Interconnection.”

PG&E named the former head of the TVA as its CEO and assembled a “refreshed” board of 13 directors including people with FERC and EIM experience.