CAISO/WEIM

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.
Camp Fire Prompts Talk of PG&E Bailout or Breakup
California’s deadliest and most destructive wildfire has set off a new round of turmoil for Pacific Gas and Electric.
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NARUC Briefs: New Chief Picked, Staffers Honored
The National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) held its annual meeting where new President Nick Wagner expressed his vision for 2019.
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Revised NERC GMD Standard Approved
FERC approved NERC’s revised geomagnetic disturbance reliability standard, which requires grid operators to collect data and imposes deadlines for actions.
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FERC Extends New ROE Policy to MISO; Seeks Comments
FERC moved to apply its proposed new methodology for calculating transmission owners’ return on equity rates to dockets in MISO and the South.
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FERC Proposes $10M Threshold on Merger Reviews
FERC would no longer review mergers valued at less than $10 million under a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking.
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FERC Acts on Tax Cuts
Transmission owners will be required to reduce their rates to reflect reduced corporate income taxes under a proposal issued by FERC.
CAISO RC Effort Gets FERC Go-ahead
FERC approved a set of Tariff revisions covering California Independent System Operator's new reliability coordinator services.
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FERC OKs CAISO Plan to Deal with CRR Shortfalls
FERC has accepted CAISO’s revised proposal to protect electricity ratepayers from funding shortfalls in the ISO’s congestion revenue rights market.
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FERC: Order 845 Compliance Unaffected by Rehearing Bids
FERC clarified that rehearing requests on Order 845 did not delay its effective date, only the date that compliance filings are due.
Pinnacle West Lauds Ariz. Vote in Q3 Earnings Call
Pinnacle West Capital is poised to move forward with its own clean energy plans after Arizona voters rejected Proposition 127.

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