Peak Reliability and PJM Connext are refining their pitch to convince potential participants to join their proposed Western energy market.

The Colorado Public Utilities Commission held its fifth public information session on the potential addition of the Mountain West Transmission Group to SPP.

CAISO officials on Wednesday urged California lawmakers to pass legislation that would convert the grid operator into an RTO.

CAISO's Extended Day-Ahead Market proposal could be done without the political entanglements involved with an RTO, Sarah Edmonds said.

Westerners still hold some “anxiety” and “hesitancy” about a new RTO in the region, says EIM Governing Body Chair Doug Howe.

At a meeting of the Western Power Trading Forum, PJM CEO Andy Ott sat down with RTO Insider to discuss the new Peak Reliability/PJM Connext market proposal.

Peak Reliability and PJM officials promoted the independent and self-governing nature of their proposed Western energy market.

APPA CEO Sue Kelly has been railing for years against RTO rules she says are skewed in favor of large transmission and generation owners. As members gathered for their annual Legislative Rally, the group could celebrate recent policy victories on both fronts.

A key California lawmaker is seeking comment this week on a revived effort to regionalize CAISO and create a multistate Western RTO.

The Energy Imbalance Market (EIM) expanded its footprint and ambitions in 2017 while new suitors lined up to compete with CAISO as the vehicle for a Western RTO.