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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...

By Michael Brooks, Amanda Durish Cook and Tom Kleckner While President Trump’s executive order rolling back the Obama administration’s efforts to combat climate change upset environmentalists, RTO officials are largely shrugging their shoulders, vowing to continue on without the federal government as market forces and state policies continue decarbonizing their...

By Robert Mullin CAISO is seeking to create a new transmission access charge (TAC) area for a California load-serving entity that does not intend to become a participating transmission owner in the ISO. The “one-off” proposal with the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (MWD) would create an unorthodox relationship...

By Robert Mullin A coalition of environmental, renewable energy and business groups called on California officials Tuesday to reignite CAISO’s effort to expand its operations into other areas of the West. The groups — which include the Natural Resources Defense Council, Environmental Entrepreneurs, Union of Concerned Scientists and the Solar...

By Robert Mullin CAISO has signed an agreement with the Bonneville Power Administration designed to facilitate Energy Imbalance Market (EIM) transfers in the Pacific Northwest while ensuring that the agency can continue to reliably serve its own transmission customers. The Coordinated Transmission Agreement (CTA) could provide a model for future...

By Robert Mullin A top California lawmaker last week introduced a bill that would require the state’s utilities to meet an increasing amount of their peak energy demand with renewable resources and energy storage systems. The proposed law would set a “clean peak energy standard” to reduce the reliance on...