The Extended Day-Ahead Market took center stage at CAISO in 2025 as the ISO tabled other long-term initiatives to ensure the market’s timely launch in May 2026, with PacifiCorp as its first participant.

As NV Energy prepares to file its next integrated resource plan ahead of schedule in April, the company says it will take longer than previously planned to reduce its reliance on short-term market purchases.

With 16 binding participants and 58 GW worth of load committed, the Western Power Pool’s Western Resource Adequacy Program aims to build on the momentum in 2026 and prepare for more members.

There is growing excitement about geothermal energy in the Western United States, with billions invested in the industry, but panelists at a Western Governors’ Association workshop said supply chain issues and permitting complexity remain significant challenges.

PacifiCorp filed a partial motion to dismiss an Oregon complaint by Amazon Data Services that alleged the utility has breached agreements to provide electric service to four data centers in the utility’s service territory.

Idaho Power can continue to sell power at market-based rates after it acquired more than 200 MW in resources 2023 and 2024, FERC ruled.

CAISO is proposing a set of tariff changes for submission to FERC early in 2026 to help ease participants into the ISO’s new Extended Day-Ahead Market.

Future participants in CAISO’s EDAM have already held extensive talks about developing an alternative to the Western Power Pool’s WRAP for non-CAISO EDAM members, NV Energy confirmed in a filing with Nevada utility regulators.

The Western Energy Markets Governing Body approved a set of revisions to CAISO's gas-fired energy generation resource management program after two years of work with stakeholders.