FERC said that CAISO contracts for transferred frequency response service can include a provision recognizing counterparties.

FERC approved CAISO's agreements to procure frequency response from the Bonneville Power Administration and Seattle City Light.

CAISO rang in 2016 with a strong push to expand its EIM into PacifiCorp’s sprawling service territory, but the project hit a stumbling block by mid-year.

Seattle City Light has signed an agreement with CAISO to begin participating in the Western Energy Imbalance Market in April 2019.

The Western Energy Imbalance Market governing body voted to implement procedures to ensure market participants have input into CAISO policy initiatives.

The Seattle City Council authorized Seattle City Light to conduct a cost-benefit analysis on joining the Western Energy Imbalance Market (EIM).

Last week's FERC technical conference on the EIM began on a contentious note but concluded with participants understanding each others’ perspectives.

More changes are needed to the CAISO proposed rules for a Western RTO to win approval from the states in which PacifiCorp operates, stakeholders say.

Western energy execs discussed the growth of the EIM, a Western RTO, “Caliphopia” and how the Western Interconnection is likely to change.

Transmission industry owners, operators, generators, regulators, financiers and other key players from the Western U.S. attended Infocast’s 8th annual Transmission Summit West.