The Bonneville Power Administration faces monumental challenges in implementing actions to meet the Pacific Northwest’s needs once it lifts its pause on transmission planning.
President Trump issued a memo directing the federal government to withdraw from a deal with four tribes and two states that considered the future operation of four dams on the Lower Snake River and eventually could have led to their breach.
BPA CEO John Hairston’s keynote at the annual meeting of the WCPSC spotlighted a theme that would dominate discussion at the event: the looming prospect of overwhelming growth in electricity demand in the West and across the U.S.
The Bonneville Power Administration predicts even steeper energy deficits among its network of dams under firm conditions compared to predictions from 2024.
A California bill to implement the West Wide Governance Pathways Initiative’s Step 2 proposal is headed to the floor of the state Senate after being approved by the body’s Appropriations Committee.
SPP is preparing participants for the next phase of Markets+ development, when stakeholders will build the day-ahead market's systems, processes and procedures.
BPA will not see further staffing cuts, CEO John Hairston said during the agency’s quarterly business review, adding that he hopes to strengthen the workforce when the government lifts federal hiring freezes.
Though BPA removed any uncertainty by selecting SPP’s Markets+ over CAISO’s EDAM, the debate over whether BPA made the right choice likely will heat up as the West confronts a split into two major markets.
Puget Sound Energy said it is joining Markets+, marking another win for SPP shortly after the Bonneville Power Administration issued its final market policy in favor of the day-ahead market.