NorthWestern Energy said that it will join the Western Energy Imbalance Market in spring 2021, making it the 14th utility to announce plans to sign on.

CAISO said Monday its Western Energy Imbalance Market has produced more than a half-billion dollars in benefits for participants since its founding five years ago, including more than $100 million in benefits in the third quarter of 2018.

FERC instructed Pacific Gas and Electric and the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) to brief it on whether Cal. law allows PG&E to quit CAISO.

A California Senate committee advanced a bill that would allow CAISO to be transformed into a Western RTO, a change that has been met with heavy opposition.

FERC rejected a request for rehearing by several Pacific Gas and Electric transmission customers.

The chairman of NERC’s Board of Trustees said the organization hopes to have a new CEO in place by the summer.

FERC upheld a previous ruling covering Order 1000 cost allocation in the WestConnect planning region, adding further explanation of its reasoning.

FERC rejected an argument by the California PUC (CPUC) that it erred last year in allowing PG&E to include a 50-basis-point ISO participation adder.

EIM transfers out of CAISO were on the upswing in March, re-establishing a pattern first seen last spring with California’s growing solar surpluses.

Salt River Project signed an agreement with CAISO that puts the utility on track to join with the Western Energy Imbalance Market (EIM) in April 2020.