Portland General Electric (PGE)
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Utilities in the West are gearing up for another wildfire season, equipped with new technology and lessons learned from recent fires in Los Angeles they hope can assist in mitigation work.
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The Bonneville Power Administration’s first day-ahead markets workshop since issuing the draft policy stating its intention to join SPP’s Markets+ left little opportunity for critics to probe agency officials about the decision.
Seattle City Light
The Bonneville Power Administration should remain in CAISO’s WEIM and hold off on joining a day-ahead market, Seattle City Light and other Northwest parties urged in a letter sent to BPA CEO John Hairston.
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Participants at the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners’ Winter Policy Summit emphasized the need for additional investment in the grid.
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With go-live dates for its first two participants looming in May and October of next year, implementation activities for CAISO’s EDAM are ramping up.
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Increased wildfire risk in the Pacific Northwest has spurred utilities to adjust their operations to account for climate change and other contributing factors to better fight and predict fires going into 2025.
CAISO
CAISO's Western Energy Imbalance Market provided participants $374.25 million in benefits during the fourth quarter of 2024, down about 4% from the same period a year earlier, according to an ISO report.
The Brattle Group
California ratepayers would save millions more in a CAISO Extended Day-Ahead Market encompassing nearly all the West than in one that includes only those utilities likely to join the market, according to a new Brattle Group study.
SPP
SPP reached a key milepost in its Western efforts when FERC conditionally approved its tariff for Markets+, a highly anticipated decision likely to ramp up the competition with CAISO’s Extended Day-Ahead Market.
NOAA
CAISO, California and other parts of the West head into 2025 with a heavy load of priorities: implementing EDAM, developing the infrastructure needed to meet ambitious climate goals, and moving forward with new and continuing initiatives to address some of the ISO’s biggest challenges.
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