The author behind the bill that would allow CAISO to relinquish market governance to an independent RO has delayed a hearing after several organizations withdrew support for the proposed legislation.
A group of environmental organizations sued the Bonneville Power Administration in the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals over the agency’s decision to join SPP’s Markets+ instead of CAISO’s Extended Day-Ahead Market.
Although one of the aims of day-ahead markets in the West is to fix a fragmented transmission landscape, some islanded entities will have a tough time navigating seams issues likely to arise as markets take shape, analysts at Aurora Energy Research said during a webinar.
Public Service Company of New Mexico made it official: The utility signed an implementation agreement to begin participating in CAISO’s Extended Day-Ahead Market in fall 2027.
CAISO dismissed Powerex’s contention that the ISO only recently has “revealed” that participation in its EDAM is voluntary at the balancing authority level but not voluntary for “individual customers” operating within the BA participating in the market.
The formation of two competing day-ahead markets will create seams across the West, but at least one utility representative is more worried about seams resulting from the fracture of CAISO’s real-time Western Energy Imbalance Market.
CAISO's Board of Governors and the Western Energy Markets Governing Body approved a new method for allocating certain congestion revenues in the ISO's Extended Day-Ahead Market, set to launch in 2026
Tri-State asked the Colorado Public Utilities Commission to find it would be in the public interest for the power supplier to join SPP, saying integrating with the RTO would bring significant benefits.
Former Seattle City Light CEO Debra Smith has been nominated to join the Western Energy Markets (WEM) Governing Body, with a three-year term to begin July 1.
California Energy Commission staff presented a study on the size of CAISO’s Extended Day-Ahead Market, finding more benefits as the market’s footprint increases.
