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.
CPUC
CPUC to Vote on $98M PG&E Settlement
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) will vote later this month on a $98 million settlement agreement regarding its own ex parte communications with PG&E.
FERC Rejects CAISO CPM Proposal
FERC rejected the proposed CAISO Capacity Procurement Mechanism Risk-of-Retirement (CPM ROR) program.
Overheard at Bloomberg New Energy Finance Summit
Hundreds of investors, utility executives and others gathered for Bloomberg New Energy Finance’s Future of Energy Summit.
NEI CEO: FirstEnergy Emergency Request a ‘Bridging Strategy’
Nuclear Energy Institute CEO Maria Korsnick expressed support for FirstEnergy’s request that the Department of Energy declare an emergency in PJM.
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Gatekeeper or Facilitator? FERC Panels Debate EDCs’ DER Role
Panelists at day 2 of FERC’s technical conference on distributed energy resources (DER) focused on the role of electric distribution companies (EDCs).
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ETRACOM Pays $1.9M Fine for CAISO Manipulation
ETRACOM agreed to pay $1.9 million to settle allegations that it manipulated CAISO markets in a scheme that netted the company $315,000 in profits.
Invenergy
RTOs, Regulators Set Course for DER Market Participation
Grid operators and regulators hashed out the complexities of integrating distributed energy resources (DER) during a FERC technical conference on boosting the role of energy storage.
CAISO
CAISO RC Plan Undercuts Peak Rates
CAISO issued its proposal to offer reliability coordinator services in the West, including a plan to charge rates that appear to dramatically undercut rival Peak Reliability.
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CAISO Developing New CRR Proposal
CAISO is advancing into the second phase of reforms to its congestion revenue rights (CRR) auction, focusing on implementing a structure that provides only a partial congestion hedge rather than a full one.
PG&E
California Utilities Propose New CCA Rules
California’s three investor-owned utilities asked state officials to protect bundled customers from being saddled with expensive long-term renewable contracts.

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