CAISO’s push to become a reliability coordinator (RC) passed its first milestone after its Board of Governors approved the proposed rate design.

CAISO’s Board of Governors approved revisions to the ISO’s congestion revenue rights auction, and the EIM Governing Body approved Travis Kavulla as a member.

The CAISO Board of Governors new imbalance conformance rules allow the ISO to account for errors in renewable energy forecasts.

The CAISO Board of Governors approved a controversial proposal on congestion revenue rights and market power mitigation.

The CAISO Board of Governors enacted new governance policies and named Governor David Olsen as chairman.

CAISO’s Board of Governors approved new generator contingency modeling, rules extending time for generator interconnections and EIM enhancements.

The CAISO Board of Governors approved two measures intended to prevent the early retirement of unprofitable but needed generation in California.

CAISO is facing stakeholder criticism over fundamental aspects of an initiative designed to keep needed generating resources from retiring prematurely.

CAISO has launched what will be a years-long initiative to develop a program to pay storage resources to absorb excess renewable generation.

The CAISO board approved usage of generator contingency modeling and RAS in the day-ahead and real-time markets.