The CAISO-run Western EIM has increased the operational flexibility of the region’s utilities, panelists said at the Infocast Transmission Summit West.

FERC issued CAISO-related rulings on PG&E, Portland General Electric and Aliso Canyon.

California’s scorching heat pushed CAISO day-ahead energy prices to record highs in the second quarter after market mitigation measures unexpectedly failed.

CAISO is dropping a handful of proposed enhancements to the EIM less than two months before the board is slated to review a broader package.

FERC approved CAISO’s agreement for integrating Canadian power marketer Powerex into the EIM.

The EIM Governing Body approved a CAISO proposal allowing market participants to take part in a program that models generator outages.

EIM market participants voiced concerns about fluctuating load forecasts that make it harder to pass resource sufficiency tests.

Berkshire Hathaway Energy subsidiaries PacifiCorp and NV Energy asked FERC to lift bidding restrictions placed on them in the EIM.

CAISO's Monitor submitted comments on the ISO’s straw proposal for its Commitment Cost and Default Energy Bid Enhancements (CCDEBE) initiative.

The CAISO proposal to provide transmission revenue to balancing authority areas that wheel power received a wary response from EIM stakeholders.