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.

CENACE and CAISO announced an agreement to explore the benefits of having Baja California Norte join the Energy Imbalance Market (EIM).

A new research report indicates that "The duck curve is driven by utility-scale solar in California, not distributed resources."

FERC last week agreed to consider whether reporting deficiencies concealed market manipulation that contributed to the Western Energy Crisis of 2000-2001.

CAISO is seeking ways to ensure that the EIM governing body and participants, havea say in ISO policies that affect the EIM.

Environmental group Western Resource Advocates was an early proponent of CAISO’s Energy Imbalance Market and is actively supporting the ISO’s effort to transform itself into an RTO serving the broader West.

CAISO last week released the third draft of a proposal outlining the principles intended to underpin the governing framework for a Western RTO.