New Developments In CAISO And The Mountain West Transmission Group While recent news stories focus on telecom and entertainment giants AT&T and Time Warner exploring a merger that could reshape their respective industries, electric utilities in the Western United States and Mexico are exploring their own economies and efficiencies that may come from participating in … Continue reading New Developments In CAISO And The Mountain West Transmission Group→
CAISO: Western EIM benefits surpass $100M since 2014 As the western EIM expands, the benefits have consistently grown. With two more utilities now entering the market, and more on the horizon, CAISO expects to see those figures rise. The third-quarter benefits and emissions reductions resulted from market participants using 33,094 MWh of excess renewable energy … Continue reading CAISO: Western #EIM benefits surpass $100M since 2014→
Western Energy Imbalance Market Continues Spreading Wealth Of Renewables The California Independent System Operator (CAISO) has reported that benefits of the western Energy Imbalance Market (EIM) for the third quarter of this year were $26.16 million. This brings the total benefits since the western regional market was launched in 2014 to $114.35 million. According to … Continue reading Western Energy Imbalance Market Continues Spreading Wealth Of Renewable s #EIM→
If SMUD joins the EIM, it will be the first municipal utility to join ten investor-owned utilities in a real-time electricity market growing throughout the western U.S. Seven of those utilities are outside CAISO’s California service area, with Idaho power agreeing in April to enter the market in 2018. Citing increasing penetrations of renewable energy, … Continue reading Sacramento muni begins talks to join CAISO Energy Imbalance Market #EIM #SMUD→
Report: Calif. ‘Duck Curve’ Growing Faster than Expected A new research report indicates that the belly of CAISO’s “duck curve” is deepening more quickly than originally expected, with its effects increasingly spread across the year — and not just on the typical spring day depicted by the graph. Read full article at RTO Insider
Tonopah solar farm to supply energy to California military bases TONOPAH – Officials from the U.S. Navy, federal government and a power company gathered in the middle of the desert plains just outside of Tonopah last week. But they weren’t there to talk about the Palo Verde nuclear plant, the largest power producer in the … Continue reading #Tonopah solar farm to supply energy to #California military bases→
Outages leave 5,000 NV Energy customers powerless High winds caused multiple outages throughout Northern Nevada, leaving about 5,396 customers without power as of late Friday morning, according to NV Energy. Most of the outages are concentrated in Reno, Carson City and parts of Washoe Valley area. The biggest outages are located in areas with zip … Continue reading Outages leave 5,000 #NV_Energy customers powerless→
Smooth EIM Transition for Arizona Public Service, Puget Sound Energy The entry of Arizona Public Service and Puget Sound Energy into the Western Energy Imbalance Market was largely “uneventful,” according to a CAISO official who helped lead the effort to integrate the two utilities into the region’s only real-time market. “I’ve been through three sets … Continue reading Smooth #EIM Transition for #Arizona_Public_Service, #Puget_Sound_Energy→
Overheard at the 8th Annual Transmission Summit West SAN DIEGO — Transmission industry owners, operators, generators, regulators, financiers and other key players from the Western U.S. attended Infocast’s 8th annual Transmission Summit West last week. They discussed the strategic, regulatory, investment and technology issues facing the industry. Western Regionalization CAISO’s Stacy Crowley, vice president of … Continue reading Overheard at the 8th Annual Transmission Summit West→
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