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March 13, 2026

Powerex Corp.

CAISO
WEIM Q2 Benefits Exceed $420M, as Total Tops $7.4B
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. 
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WRAP Task Force Explores Optimization Under Day-ahead Markets
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
SPP Launches Markets+ Phase 2 With $150M Secured
SPP secured $150 million in financing and entered the second phase of development for its day-ahead market Markets+, the grid operator announced.
Quanta Infrastructure Solutions Group
New CAISO-Powerex Dispute Centers on ‘Voluntary’ Nature of EDAM
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.
PacifiCorp
CAISO Approves New EDAM Congestion Revenue Allocation Design
CAISO's Board of Governors and the Western Energy Markets Governing Body approved a new method for allocating certain congestion revenues in the ISO's Extended Day-Ahead Market, set to launch in 2026
Travel Portland
BPA Chooses Markets+ over EDAM
Bonneville's final record of decision will come as little surprise to those who’ve been following market developments in the West.
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SPP MPEC Members Celebrate Markets+ Funding Order
FERC’s approval of SPP’s Markets+ funding agreement and its recovery mechanism came as backers of the Western centralized day-ahead market were meeting with the snow-capped Rockies as a backdrop.
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SPP Appoints New Director of Seams and Western Services

SPP has appointed Jim Gonzalez as its new senior director of seams and Western services, in what will be a highly visible position in the RTO as it continues to develop Markets+ ahead of its expected launch in 2027.

CAISO
CAISO Issues ‘Expedited’ Plan for Allocating EDAM Congestion Revenues
CAISO released a draft final proposal detailing how EDAM will allocate congestion revenues in circumstances when a transmission constraint in one BAA produces “parallel” flows in a neighboring BAA also participating in the market.
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BPA Flooded with Comments on Draft Day-ahead Market Decision
The Bonneville Power Administration elicited nearly 150 comments in response to the draft policy outlining its decision to join SPP’s Markets+ rather than CAISO’s Extended Day-Ahead Market.

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