Powerex Corp.
The longstanding links between U.S. and Canadian electricity grid operators won’t be easily fractured by the tariff-driven political rift between D.C., and Ottawa, industry participants on both sides of the border say.
The Western Resource Adequacy Program Day-Ahead Market Task Force held its first meeting after the program’s binding decision deadline, with members exploring how the new participant footprint will impact transmission connectivity and other issues.
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.
The Western Power Pool’s WRAP secured enough participants for the program to enter the first binding phase after 11 utilities reaffirmed their commitment.
CAISO’s EDAM clinched a set of wins when FERC approved the market’s revised congestion revenue allocation model and authorized participation for the EDAM’s first two members — PacifiCorp and Portland General Electric.
The development of SPP's Markets+ has picked up the pace with stakeholders agreeing on an interim governance structure and representation on the working groups that will handle much of the effort ahead.
CAISO’s Western Energy Imbalance Market provided participants with $422.44 million in economic benefits during the second quarter of 2025, up 15% compared with the same period year earlier despite no change in membership.
A new task force will examine how the WPP’s WRAP can continue to operate efficiently under the new multimarket environment emerging in the West.
SPP secured $150 million in financing and entered the second phase of development for its day-ahead market Markets+, the grid operator announced.
CAISO dismissed Powerex’s contention that the ISO only recently has “revealed” that participation in its EDAM is voluntary at the balancing authority level but not voluntary for “individual customers” operating within the BA participating in the market.
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