The often tense relationship between California and other Western states occupied much of this year’s Transmission Summit West.

The CAISO Board of Governors and EIM Governing Body approved launching a stakeholder process to examine an extended day-ahead market.

Leaders of CAISO and its EIM established a panel to update the EIM’s governance as the real-time market grows and likely adds day-ahead bidding.

CAISO's Extended Day-Ahead Market proposal could be done without the political entanglements involved with an RTO, Sarah Edmonds said.