CAISO is floating a proposal that would extend many of the features of its day-ahead market into the footprint of the EIM.

PJM and reliability coordinator Peak Reliability announced Thursday they will explore the development of electric markets and other services in the West.

The EIM Governing Body approved a set of market initiatives that represents a narrowed-down version of a package CAISO had proposed.

Speakers at a CAISO Regional Issues Forum discussed their approach to effectively integrating hydropower, coal and jointly owned plants into the EIM.

FERC approved CAISO’s request to extend temporary market measures instituted last year in response to the closure of Aliso Canyon.

FERC upheld a previous ruling covering Order 1000 cost allocation in the WestConnect planning region, adding further explanation of its reasoning.

Increased labor costs from the expanding EIM helped push up CAISO’s 2018 revenue requirement by $1.9 million to $197.2 million.

PacifiCorp and NV Energy can sell power into the Western Energy Imbalance Market (EIM) at market-based rates, FERC has ruled.

CAISO has proposed to change the selection process for members of the Western Energy Imbalance Market (EIM) Governing Body to rely less on outside firms.

Energy storage can provide many benefits to the Western electricity grid, but it will require complex and costly modeling to be integrated properly.