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.
Primoris Services Corp.
Flexible Ramping Grows as Ancillary Service
RTOs and ISOs described their strategies for using quick ramping products to offset weather-dependent renewable resources at a FERC conference Tuesday.
San Francisco Clean Cities Coali
Spread of California Hydrogen Stations Should Fuel FCEV Growth
Development of hydrogen-fueling stations in California is accelerating; car manufacturers should consider ramping up production of FCEVs, new report says.
CAISO
Western EIM Approves ‘Sub-entity’ Participation
The WEIM approved participation by utilities within an entity's balancing authority area — a move intended to convince Xcel Energy Colorado to join the market.
Union of Concerned Scientists
DOE Orders CAISO Emergency Reliability Measures
CAISO asked the Department of Energy to allow six gas generators to operate for grid reliability while potentially exceeding pollution limits.
Union of Concerned Scientists
CAISO Seeks DOE Emergency Reliability Order
CAISO asked the Department of Energy  to allow six gas generators to operate for grid reliability while potentially exceeding pollution limits.
AES
California to Expedite Battery Licenses
The California Energy Commission approved a measure to speed the interconnection of batteries to the grid following an emergency order by Gov. Gavin Newsom.
© RTO Insider
CAISO Sees ‘Explosive’ Growth in Storage in July
CAISO said total storage capacity and discharge capability nearly doubled in July compared with a month before in its latest summer market performance report.
NV Energy
NV Energy Applies to Build Northern Nevada Line
NV Energy applied to build a 235-mile transmission line across northern Nevada — a project that would complete a transmission triangle around the state.
U.S. Forest Service
PG&E Value Lags as Dixie Fire Rages
The 900,000-acre Dixie Fire is preventing PG&E stock from rising much above $9/share, shorting a fire victims' trust funded with utility stock by $2.5 billion.
Hitachi Zosen Inova
California Wants to Turn More Waste into Gas
California wants to divert more waste from landfills to produce renewable natural gas and to reduce wildfire hazards.

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