Last week's FERC technical conference on the EIM began on a contentious note but concluded with participants understanding each others’ perspectives.

Meeting the California RPS goal of 50% target could require more than $5 billion in transmission upgrades, according to a state report.

The Sacramento Municipal Utilities District (SMUD) will join the Western EIM in spring 2019 at the earliest, according to the head of BANC.

FERC rejected the CAISO effort to refund $217 million that the ISO said were overcharged for payments to generators operating under must-offer obligations.

FERC approved the CAISO natural gas price index used in response to the closure of the Aliso Canyon storage facility.

FERC approved a settlement allowing TransCanyon to collect a 9.8% base ROE for any projects it builds under the CAISO FERC Order 1000 competitive solicitation process.

FERC last week eliminated the must-offer obligation in effect throughout WECC since the tail-end of the California energy crisis of 2000-2001.

CAISO is seeking stakeholder input on how to respond to a solar eclipse that will significantly curtail output from California’s growing solar generation portfolio next August.

The Sacramento Municipal Utility District will join the CAISO EIM and other members of the Balancing Authority of Northern California (BANC) may follow.

More changes are needed to the CAISO proposed rules for a Western RTO to win approval from the states in which PacifiCorp operates, stakeholders say.