Developers of transmission projects that would send wind power across the Western Interconnection made cases at the Western Planning Regions Interregional Coordination Meeting.

In an interview with RTO Insider at CAISO’s headquarters, outgoing CEO Steve Berberich talked about Western regionalization and his impending retirement.

CAISO’s load conformance practices do not inappropriately deny generators shortage pricing, FERC said in response to a challenge by NRG.

FERC largely approved the Order 845 compliance filings for CAISO, NYISO and a handful of utilities, though none of the entities received perfect marks.

Preliminary findings from a WECC study indicate inclusion of day-ahead trading in the EIM will yield reliability benefits that outweigh any expected risks.

CAISO announced that its president and CEO, Steve Berberich, intends to retire by early summer.

The Governance Review Committee of CAISO’s Western Energy Imbalance Market continued laying out the parameters of its big job this year.

FERC will allow the Transmission Agency of Northern California to convert capacity on a line into “option” congestion revenue rights in the CAISO market.

CAISO’s Western EIM delivered more than $60 million in benefits to its participants in the fourth quarter of 2019, bringing the total to $862 million.

The EIM Governing Body approved the selection of Robert Kondziolka, formerly with Salt River Project, to fill the seat left vacant by Travis Kavulla.