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.

FERC approved the Macquarie Energy (ASX:MQG) request to revise its market-based rate tariff to allow the company to engage in short-term simultaneous transactions along a key Pacific Northwest transmission system.