By Robert Mullin California Gov. Jerry Brown on Monday postponed CAISO’s effort to expand into a Western RTO, saying  he wants state agencies to take more time to develop a proposal. Brown Source: Wikipedia “While very significant progress has been made by the ISO on a transition proposal that meets...

By Robert Mullin Edison International is maneuvering to capitalize on California’s effort to meet its greenhouse gas emissions goals and encourage the use of distributed energy resources. The 2018-2019 rate case for subsidiary Southern California Edison will include a capital spending request “designed to help California achieve its low-carbon policy...

Report Cites Emissions Drop in Nine-State RGGI A new report by the Acadia Center says that carbon emissions in the nine-state Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative compact have dropped 37% since the program began in 2008. Part I of group’s “RGGI Status Report” found that emissions have decreased in each of...

By Robert Mullin Critics of CAISO’s most recent draft proposal of principles for governing a Western RTO contend the ISO is moving too quickly to get a plan to California lawmakers before the close of the current legislative session in September. Speaking at a joint state agency workshop in Sacramento...

Electricity Price Plunge Continues in ISO-NE ISO-NE said that prices and consumption remained low throughout New England in June. The six-state region’s average real-time, monthly wholesale power price during June was $21.24/MWh, up 8.3% from June 2015’s average price of $19.61/MWh, but lower than May’s $21.29, which held the record...

By Robert Mullin CAISO has released a revised set of principles for governing a Western RTO in a bid to convince skeptics that an expanded ISO will be amenable to the entire region. The new document won initial praise, although doubts remain. The ISO’s governance changes seek to address the...

Regulators OK APS Battery Storage Program The Corporation Commission approved Arizona Public Service’s demand-side management plan, which includes $4 million to incentivize the use of battery storage systems for residential customers. The plan’s aim is to reduce peak load on the utility’s distribution system and includes programs to encourage the use...

By Robert Mullin CAISO’s expansion into a multistate, regional electricity market could save California ratepayers as much as $1.5 billion annually while helping the state to meet or exceed its 2030 emission-reduction goals, according to a study commissioned by the ISO. California’s Clean Energy and Pollution Reduction Act — the...

Govs. Speak Against Artificial Island Cost Allocation Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan and Delaware Gov. Jack Markell stepped up their complaints that the cost allocation for New Jersey’s Artificial Island nuclear project disproportionately affects customers in their states. The two held a news conference at a waterfront restaurant on their states’ border,...

By Robert Mullin CAISO’s regulation costs have quadrupled since the ISO increased requirements to help balance variable output from renewable resources. Daily payments to regulation service providers jumped from about $100,000 to more than $400,000 after CAISO increased the requirements in late February, according to a report from the ISO’s...