November 2, 2024

EDAM

The Brattle Group
Brattle Study Finds EDAM Gains, Markets+ Losses for BPA, Pacific NW
BPA would earn $65 million in annual benefits from joining CAISO’s EDAM but face $83 million in increased yearly costs from participating in SPP’s Markets+, according to a new Brattle study.
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CAISO Outlines EDAM Access Charge Plan for its Own BA
CAISO described to stakeholders how it will apply the Extended Day-Ahead Market transmission revenue recovery mechanism to its own balancing authority area.
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Regulators Who Launched Pathways Praise Western ‘RO’ Plan
State utility commissioners who launched the West-Wide Governance Pathways Initiative in July 2023 have praised the initiative’s “Step 2” proposal to create a “regional organization.”
PacifiCorp
Brattle Study Likely to Fuel Debate over EDAM, Markets+

The white paper by The Brattle Group offers a point-by-point comparison of CAISO’s Extended Day-Ahead Market and SPP’s Markets+ that leans in favor of EDAM but stops short of endorsing either market.

CAISO
CAISO Launches Phase 2 of Pricing Issues Initiative
The next phase of the Price Formation Enhancements Initiative will look to address issues around market power mitigation, scarcity pricing and fast-start pricing.
CAISO
CAISO Seeks to Dispel CRR ‘Myths’ Around January Cold Snap
CAISO focused on CRRs when it served up the latest volley in the ongoing dispute over what played out on the Western grid during the January cold snap that forced Northwest utilities to import high volumes of energy to avoid blackouts.
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CAISO Passes Initiatives to Address Meter Data Reporting, Expand Trading
The CAISO Board of Governors and Western Energy Markets Governing Body passed two proposals that address different issues within Western markets.
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FERC Grants PGE Extra Time to Prepare for EDAM
FERC granted CAISO a waiver allowing PGE to join the ISO’s Extended Day-Ahead Market a few months beyond the timeline set out in the market’s standard participation agreement.
West-Wide Governance Pathways Initiative
Pathways Initiative Releases ‘Step 2’ Proposal for Western ‘RO’
Pathways released its Step 2 draft proposal for dividing up functions between CAISO and the new “regional organization” that initiative backers are seeking to create to oversee the ISO’s Western real-time and day-ahead markets.
The Brattle Group
Updated EDAM Study Shows Doubling of PacifiCorp Benefits
PacifiCorp is poised to realize up to $359 million a year in net benefits from participating in CAISO’s EDAM, nearly double a previous estimate, according to a newly updated study by The Brattle Group.

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