California Independent System Operator (CAISO)
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The construction of new data centers could lead to transmission line overloads in the Bay Area, CAISO forecasts show.
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As long as entities across the West remain committed to continued regional trade, coordination, and reciprocal efforts to enable market participation, there can be significant benefits for the region at large, say Chris Robinson and Scott Simms.
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The West-Wide Governance Pathways Initiative soon will begin the nomination process to select the initial board of the independent regional organization that will govern CAISO’s energy markets.
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CAISO’s Market Monitor cautioned that a new resource adequacy proposal could lead to strategic gaming in the ISO’s market when capacity supplies are tight on the grid.
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The Bonneville Power Administration has entered a five-year power purchase agreement to buy wave energy from a test facility managed by Oregon State University, the agency said in an announcement.
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CAISO is finalizing a set of changes to its resource adequacy program, with plans to vote on three proposals at an upcoming Board of Governors meeting,
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Western Energy Imbalance Market prices increased sharply in the second quarter of 2025 compared with the same period in 2024, mostly due to higher natural gas prices at Western hubs.
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After years in the making, CAISO released a price formation proposal intended to reduce “unnecessary” market power mitigation, strengthen reliability and provide consistent pricing incentives in the WEIM and future EDAM.
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Washington’s Ecology Department clarified that cap-and-invest rules that apply to CAISO’s Western Energy Imbalance Market also will cover the ISO’s Extended Day-Ahead Market when it begins operations in 2026.
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The California Public Utilities Commission approved guidelines for utilities to use to design dynamic electricity rates, with one commissioner asking for more research on whether implementing such rates will leave some customers further behind financially.
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