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January 9, 2026

Western Energy Imbalance Market (WEIM)

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Pathways Initiative Unveils RO Proposed Name, Bylaws
The West-Wide Governance Pathways Initiative is preparing to file the incorporation documents for the independent RO that will govern CAISO’s energy markets, while funding challenges remain.
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FERC OKs Imperial Irrigation District’s WEIM Agreement

FERC approved CAISO's Western Energy Imbalance Market implementation agreement with Imperial Irrigation District.

DOE
BPA Supported by Trade Orgs in Suit over Day-ahead Market Decision
Trade organizations for utilities and large energy consumers seek to intervene in the lawsuit filed in the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals challenging the Bonneville Power Administration’s decision to join SPP’s Markets+ instead of CAISO’s EDAM.
CAISO
WEIM Q2 Benefits Exceed $420M, as Total Tops $7.4B
CAISO’s Western Energy Imbalance Market provided participants with $422.44 million in economic benefits during the second quarter of 2025, up 15% compared with the same period year earlier despite no change in membership. 
West-Wide Governance Pathways Initiative
Pathways Initiative Clarifies Near-term Division of Labor with CAISO
The West-Wide Governance Pathways Initiative will run its stakeholder processes separately from CAISO’s until the effort's regional organization is formally launched in 2028, even in areas of overlapping interest.
CAISO DMM
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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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.
PacifiCorp
Northwest Summers Now Include ‘Huge’ Energy Flows from California

Portland General Electric told Oregon regulators that after decades of electricity flowing from north to south through its system during the summer, the flow on a typical summer day has reversed.

CAISO
Inland Wind, Merchant Projects, WestTEC to Guide CAISO Interregional Planning
Out-of-state wind integration, merchant transmission development and the WestTEC planning effort are all factors influencing CAISO’s interregional transmission planning.
CAISO
Panel Ponders Impacts, Priorities Around Western Market Seams

The formation of two competing day-ahead markets will create seams across the West, but at least one utility representative is more worried about seams resulting from the fracture of CAISO’s real-time Western Energy Imbalance Market.


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