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February 1, 2026

CAISO/WEIM

The California Independent System Operator serves about 80% of California's electricity demand, including the service areas of the state's three investor-owned utilities. It also operates the Western Energy Imbalance Market, an interstate real-time market covering territory that accounts for 80% of the load in the Western Interconnection.
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BPA Customers to See Increased Power, Transmission Rates
Customers of the Bonneville Power Administration will see power rates increase by about 8-9% over the next three years while transmission rates will jump by an average of nearly 20%, the agency said.
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‘Mark Twain’ Summer Weather Eases CAISO’s Grid Operations

Below-average temperatures in California this summer have reduced demand and made electric grid operations uneventful so far, with the state reaching 40,000 MW of demand for the first time in July.

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New WRAP Task Force to Take on Treatment of CAISO Tx
A new Western Resource Adequacy Program task force has been charged with revising the WRAP tariff to clarify that participants can rely on a specific category of CAISO transmission service to count remote resources toward their “forward showing” requirements.
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Battery Storage Revenue Average Trending Down in California

California’s fastest-growing energy resource — battery storage — is earning less net revenue each year, while capacity is forecast to continue to boom.

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WRAP Task Force Explores Optimization Under Day-ahead Markets
A new task force will examine how the WPP’s WRAP can continue to operate efficiently under the new multimarket environment emerging in the West.
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FERC Proposes to Eliminate Western ‘Soft’ Price Cap
FERC is moving to rescind the West-wide wholesale electricity price cap mechanism it instituted in 2002 in response to widespread price manipulation during the Western energy crisis of 2000/01.
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Calif. Pathways Bill Delayed After Orgs Withdraw Support, While Newsom Signals Backing for Effort
The author behind the bill that would allow CAISO to relinquish market governance to an independent RO has delayed a hearing after several organizations withdrew support for the proposed legislation.
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BPA Cuts Payments for Tribes, Salmon Restoration Under Revised Cost Projections

BPA said it is revising future power rates by removing millions of dollars of costs associated with a Biden administration agreement with Northwest tribes aimed at restoring salmon habitat and potentially breaching dams on the Snake River.

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PGE Ponders Role of Batteries in Resource Plan Update
Portland General Electric’s need for new resources by 2030 has grown by 16%, largely because of a decreased capacity contribution from batteries, particularly in winter.
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BPA Outlines Proposed Transmission Planning Reforms
The Bonneville Power Administration unveiled its proposals for overhauling its transmission planning, with help from the industry.

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