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.
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NERC MRC/Board of Trustees Briefs: Feb. 7, 2018
The chairman of NERC’s Board of Trustees said the organization hopes to have a new CEO in place by the summer.
PG&E Vows Fight over Wildfire Cost Recovery
Pacific Gas and Electric CEO Geisha Williams said that the utility will fight for the right to recover costs stemming from California wildfires.
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EPIC Interest Growing Rapidly in California
Nearly 600 people crowded into this year's California Energy Commission EPIC Symposium, doubling attendance from last year.
NRG
NRG Selling Renewables, Other Assets for $2.8 Billion
NRG Energy has agreed to sell its renewables businesses, its interest in NRG Yield and its South Central Generating subsidiary in transactions that will bring the company $2.8 billion in cash and take $7 billion in debt off its books.
Peak, PJM Pitch ‘Marketplace for the West’
Peak Reliability and PJM Connext have refined their pitch to attract participants to a new Western energy market, saying they envision “a marketplace built by and for the West.”
CAISO Sees 2017 Revenue Boost
CAISO operating revenues jumped 4.4% to $214 million last year on the back of increased Energy Imbalance Market earnings and an uptick in summer activity.
Florida Power & Light
NextEra Suit Accuses Nuclear Trade Group of ‘Extortion’
NextEra Energy accused the Nuclear Energy Institute of “extortion,” saying it was spitefully denying the company access to a database used to screen workers.
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CAISO, Stakeholders Debate RMR Revisions
Flashpoints over grid reliability, market outcomes and ratepayer costs were on full display at a CAISO forum to discuss its backstop procurement policies.
CAISO Overhauling CRR Auctions
CAISO unveiled a plan to restructure its congestion revenue rights (CRR) auction to address long-running complaints, including those of their internal market monitor.
Utilities File San Onofre Settlement
California utilities and other parties say they have reached a new settlement over the costs of shutting down the San Onofre nuclear power plant.

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