January 22, 2025

Western Energy Imbalance Market (WEIM)

Bonneville Power Administration
BPA Postpones Day-ahead Market Decision Until 2025
The Bonneville Power Administration will delay its decision on choosing between SPP’s Markets+ and CAISO’s Extended Day-Ahead Market until May 2025.
Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment
Single Western Market Best for Reliability Needs, Panelists Say
A single Western market is one of the safest bets to address the region’s reliability and cost issues in the face of extreme weather events, proponents of the West-Wide Governance Pathways Initiative said during a panel discussion.
CAISO
CAISO Kicks Off New Initiative to Streamline Bilateral Trading

A new initiative to streamline and expand bilateral trading in the Western Energy Imbalance Market and Extended Day-Ahead Market has been launched, marking another step toward EDAM implementation.

CAISO
CAISO, WEM Boards Approve Pathways ‘Step 1’ Plan
A proposal to elevate the Western Energy Markets Governing Body’s authority over CAISO energy markets was unanimously approved by the Governing Body and ISO Board of Governors
Arizona Public Service
Markets+ Backers Highlight Reliability in 2nd ‘Issue Alert’
The integration of Markets+ with the Western Resource Adequacy Program would be among a handful of key reliability benefits of SPP’s Western day-ahead offering, according to an “issue alert” published by 10 entities that backed development of the market.
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No Clear Blueprint for Western ‘RO’ Stakeholder Process
One thing has become abundantly clear after three intensive workshops this summer: there’s no blueprint for developing the stakeholder process for the “regional organization” envisioned by the West-Wide Governance Pathways Initiative.
CAISO
‘Operational Surprises’ Contributed to CAISO July 2023 Emergencies
CAISO’s own systems may have contributed to a set of “operational surprises” that forced it to declare a series of energy emergency alerts in July 2023, a member of the ISO’s Market Surveillance Committee said.
CAISO
WEIM Yields $365M in Q2 Benefits with Hot Start to Summer
CAISO’s Western Energy Imbalance Market provided its 22 participants with $365.04 million in economic benefits from April to June down 4% from the same period a year ago.
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New Western ‘Regional Organization’ Could be Folsom-based
The new "RO" envisioned by the West-Wide Governance Pathways Initiative might be based near CAISO’s headquarters in Folsom, Calif., according to a straw proposal.
CAISO
CAISO Advances Pathways Initiative ‘Step 1’ Proposal to Board Vote
CAISO will recommend its board approve a proposal to eventually give the WEM Governing Body increased authority over both the Western EIM and EDAM.

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