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The California Independent System Operator serves about 80% of California's electricity demand, including the service areas of the state's three investor-owned utilities. It also operates the Western Energy Imbalance Market, an interstate real-time market covering territory that accounts for 80% of the load in the Western Interconnection.
SPP
SPP CEO Barbara Sugg briefed WECC’s Board of Directors last week on the RTO’s efforts in the Western Interconnection and potential benefits for stakeholders there, including full membership in SPP’s proposed RTO West. SPP operates as a reliability coordinator in parts of the West and is helping the Northwest Power Pool develop a multistate resource …
Utah Office of Energy Development and S&P Global Market Intelligence
The development of a single RTO covering the U.S. portion of the Western Interconnection could save $2 billion a year in energy costs by 2030, study says.
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The Public Utilities Commission of Nevada said a Western market would help alleviate supply shortfalls like those that occurred last August.
California State Water Resources Control Board
FERC approved the transfer of the 169-MW Klamath Hydroelectric Project’s license from PacifiCorp to a group of parties that will decommission the dams.
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FERC provided guidance to Western electricity sellers on how and when to seek exceptions for transactions that exceed the region’s $1,000/MWh soft cap.
Nevada Office of the Governor
The Nevada governor’s office will soon be inviting interested parties to apply for a seat on a new task force that will advise the governor and lawmakers on bringing the state into an RTO. The Regional Transmission Coordination Task Force is the product of Senate Bill 448, a wide ranging energy bill that Gov. Steve …
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NOAA/NWS
CAISO issued a grid warning Thursday after generators tripped offline during a record-breaking heat wave across the Southwest and much of California. “CAISO is forecasting a resources deficiency with all available resources in use or forecasted to be in use for the specified time period,” the ISO said in its warning notice. The warning was …
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CARB
California truck buyers snapped up $84 million in state-offered clean vehicle purchase incentives within hours of their release.
ACORE
Renewable energy investors and developers plan to increase their spending in 2021, with energy storage and utility-scale solar attracting the most attention.
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A spate of transmission projects is in the works to move renewables from remote regions of the West to urban load centers.
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