September 29, 2024

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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
FERC Approves Two Enforcement Orders Related to Battery Storage
FERC approved two enforcement orders requiring several battery storage operators to pay more than $1 million in fines and remit nearly $1.9 million back to CAISO.
CPUC
Early Heat, Wildfires Signal Increase in California PSPS Events
Intense heat coupled with this summer’s early and active fire season will likely increase the need for public safety power shutoffs later this year, according to utilities presenting at a California PUC workshop.
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Stakeholders Endorse PJM EE Measurement and Verification Proposal
The Market Implementation Committee endorsed a PJM proposal to revise how the capacity offered by energy efficiency resources is measured and verified, rejecting competing proposals from EE providers and the Monitor.
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SPP Board of Directors/RSC Briefs: Aug. 5-6, 2024
SPP directors and regulators have approved the grid operator’s first winter planning reserve margin, endorsing a base PRM that is 3 percentage points higher than many of its utilities wanted.
California Senate
California Energy Officials Pitch Pathways Plan to State Senators
California energy agency heads appeared before state lawmakers to pitch the proposed CAISO governance changes being developed by the West-Wide Governance Pathways Initiative.
Eversource
Demand Growth and Extreme Weather: The Grid’s New Normal
CAISO CEO Elliot Mainzer, ERCOT CEO Pablo Vegas and MISO's Todd Hillman joined a USEA webinar to discuss grid reliability amid increases in extreme weather and load growth.
Omnis
Governance is ‘Key Consideration’ for West, Markets+ Backers Say
Governance should be a “key consideration” for the West in the competition between day-ahead electricity markets because the outcome potentially affects $25 billion a year in energy transactions, according to a new “issue alert.”
H5 Data Centers
Data Centers Bringing ‘Massive’ Loads to Western Grid
Five years ago, load growth from transportation electrification was a major issue for policymakers, according to speakers at a webinar. Now the focus has shifted to data centers.
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SPP’s Sugg Announces Retirement from RTO
SPP CEO Barbara Sugg has announced that she will retire from the RTO on April 1, 2025, after 35 years of service.
California Senate
California Labor Groups Affirm Support for Pathways Proposal
Labor groups that blocked past California legislative efforts to “regionalize” CAISO told state lawmakers they “look forward” to working with the legislature next year to pass a bill to implement the governance changes being developed by Pathways.

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