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By Robert Mullin Financial traders made clear last week that they won’t give up CAISO’s congestion revenue rights (CRR) auctions without a fight, sparring with the ISO’s internal Market Monitor at the first meeting to discuss the auctions’ revenue shortfalls. At a contentious meeting of the Congestion Revenue Rights Analysis...
By Robert Mullin Energy Imbalance Market (EIM) Governing Body members on Wednesday approved a measure that would give them increased power to make changes to the market’s governing charter. CAISO’s Board of Governors still has final say over the measure, which revises the charter by granting the Governing Body “primary”...
By Robert Mullin Electricity customers in Los Angeles County will soon have the option to purchase their power from a new publicly run supplier that will obtain more of its energy from renewable resources. The county’s Board of Supervisors voted 5-0 on Tuesday to establish a community choice aggregator (CCA)...
By Robert Mullin Arizona Public Service expects to meet its future energy needs through increased use of natural gas, solar and efficiency measures, while at the same time reducing its reliance on coal-fired generation, according to the company’s 15-year integrated resource plan. The IRP filed with the Arizona Corporation Commission...
By Robert Mullin More than two decades after initiating a deregulation drive that faltered in the wake of the Western Energy Crisis of 2000/01, California officials are taking another look at offering consumers the ability to choose their electric supplier. This go-round should be different, according to the state agencies...
By Robert Mullin Western state utility commissioners on Monday expressed support for providing the Energy Imbalance Market (EIM) Governing Body with increased authority over changes to the market’s governing charter. The commissioners also agreed on a set of measures that would streamline the process for convening calls and meetings of...
By Robert Mullin Participants in a West-wide forum created by CAISO to discuss issues related to the Energy Imbalance Market (EIM) want to move quickly to complete an evaluation that will shape the group’s future role. One point of difference has arisen among stakeholders: disagreement over whether the Regional Issues...
By Robert Mullin CAISO management is proposing to amend the Western Energy Imbalance Market (EIM) charter to explicitly provide the market’s Governing Body with a voice in any future governance changes. Other charter changes currently under review would give the Governing Body the first — and, in most cases, the...
By Robert Mullin PacifiCorp has released a 20-year plan that commits the utility to increased investment in renewable resources and energy efficiency while sharply reducing reliance on the coal-fired generation that currently produces more than half the company’s electricity output. The 2017 Integrated Resource Plan — filed this week with...