Energy transfer capacity in the EIM footprint is now sufficient to justify removing bid limits that are in effect for some members, the CAISO Monitor says.

Stakeholders are cautiously supportive of CAISO’s proposal to permanently assume authority to limit output from gas-fired generators in emergencies.

CAISO's Monitor said the ISO must address flaws in its proposal to allow third-party transmission providers to make unused capacity available to the EIM.

MISO’s Steering Committee recommended that all but one of a handful of the Monitor’s oft-repeated recommendations be included on the 2018 Market Roadmap.

CAISO’s wholesale costs to serve load last year fell by 9%, the lowest nominal expense since 2008, according to an annual market performance report.

SPP named Keith Collins, CAISO manager of monitoring and reporting and former FERC official, as the new executive director of its Market Monitoring Unit.

The CAISO real-time market experienced an uptick in volatility during Q4 of 2016, as five-minute prices spiked to well above day-ahead and 15-minute levels.

The CAISO Board of Governors approved a measure investing the board with complete oversight authority over the grid operator’s internal Market Monitor.

CAISO last year paid out $47 million more to congestion revenue rights (CRR) holders than it took in from its auctions, the ISO’s IMM has found.

The Energy Imbalance Market (EIM) experienced a “dramatic uptick” in failed ramping capacity tests in November and December, the CAISO IMM reported.