PacifiCorp
Citing developments within WPP’s Western Resource Adequacy Program, the Oregon Public Utilities Commission waived penalties for independent power suppliers participating in the state’s alternative RA program.
PacifiCorp is hiring additional employees to prepare for CAISO’s Extended Day-Ahead Market next year, with staff expecting the launch will bring a few “scratches and bruises.”
A new Brattle Group study examined the impact on planning reserve margins of an alternative Western resource adequacy program that includes expected participants in CAISO’s Extended Day-Ahead Market.
Amazon filed a complaint with Oregon regulators that accuses PacifiCorp of violating agreements to provide power to four data center campuses in the utility’s service territory.
Sixteen entities have committed to participating in the Western Resource Adequacy Program’s first financially “binding” season covering winter 2027/28, the Western Power Pool said.
PacifiCorp joins other utilities leaving the Western Power Pool’s Western Resource Adequacy Program just before the deadline to commit to the program’s first binding phase.
In an ongoing high-stakes analysis, CAISO has determined that transactions between PacifiCorp’s two balancing authority areas can “materially” affect parallel flows on certain CAISO transmission constraints.
PacifiCorp and Portland General Electric remain on track to join CAISO’s Extended Day-Ahead Market on their planned entry dates, although the schedule remains “very tight and very aggressive."
NV Energy said it is discussing a potential new resource adequacy program with other participants in CAISO’s Extended Day-Ahead Market.
The Western Power Pool’s Board of Directors denied PacifiCorp’s request to postpone the deadline by which Western Resource Adequacy Program participants must commit to the first “binding” phase of the program.
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