November 25, 2024

2020 Western heat waves

SPP Quarterly Briefing/RSC Briefs: Oct. 26, 2020
The SPP Regional State Committee approved the nomination of South Dakota Public Utilities Commissioner Kristie Fiegen as its next president.
MISO Seeks Rx for Increased Uncertainty
MISO must increase use of demand resources and provide market participants with tools to hedge risks, panelists at a Market Symposium said.
WECC Examining August Heat Wave with West-wide Lens
WECC will take an interconnection-wide approach as it analyzes the events from an August heat wave that prompted CAISO to initiate rolling blackouts.
CAISO Says Constrained Tx Contributed to Blackouts
A report on the causes of California’s August blackouts contends that constrained transmission prevented much needed imports from reaching the state.
CAISO Governors Say Hello, Goodbye
The CAISO Board of Governors bid farewell to its retired CEO, greeted a new leader and approved a plan to implement FERC Order 831.
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CAISO Retiring, Incoming CEOs Field Questions
CAISO's outgoing and incoming CEOs answered stakeholder questions in a roundtable discussion hosted by the EIM’s Regional Issues Forum.
FERC Accepts CAISO Intertie Changes
FERC gave fast-track approval to CAISO Tariff changes meant to discourage sellers from failing to deliver on import energy bids.
CAISO Seeks ‘Firm’ Tx for Resource Adequacy
A CAISO resource adequacy workshop could not have been more timely following the heat waves and energy emergencies of mid-August and Labor Day weekend.
Counterflow: No Carb California
Columnist Steve Huntoon argues that California's ambitious renewable energy and storage targets would actually make the state more vulnerable to blackouts.
Heat Waves, Blackouts Slow Western EIM Expansion
Heat waves and capacity shortfalls have slowed an effort by the Western EIM to expand from a real-time interstate trading forum to a day-ahead market.

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