BPA, Tucson Electric Power newest to join CAISO’s Western Energy Imbalance Market Bonneville Power Administration and Tucson Electric Power are the newest participants in the California Independent System Operator’s Western Energy Imbalance Market after formally joining May 3. WEIM now has 19 participants serving 77% of the demand for electricity in the Western United States, … Continue reading #BPA, #Tucson_Electric_Power newest to join CAISO ‘s Western Energy Imbalance Market →

Four More BANC Members Join California ISO’s Western Energy Imbalance Market The Balancing Authority of Northern California (BANC) and Western Area Power Administration (WAPA) recently announced that WAPA’s Sierra Nevada region, along with BANC members from the City of Redding, the City of Roseville, and Modesto Irrigation District, have begun participating in the California Independent … Continue reading Four More #BANC Members Join #California ISO’s Western Energy Imbalance Market →

Minutes Matter in the Energy Imbalance Market An energy imbalance market (EIM) is a voluntary market that provides a sub-hourly economic dispatch of participating resources for balancing supply and demand every five minutes. One such market is the Western EIM, which the California Independent System Operator (CAISO) began operating on Nov. 1, 2014. CAISO claims … Continue reading Minutes Matter in the Energy Imbalance Market →

EIM hits record benefits, lower GHG emissions The Western Energy Imbalance Market (EIM), California ISO’s real-time electricity market, reported benefits totaling more than $71 million during the second quarter of 2018, the largest single-quarter savings since the market opened in 2014. The previous quarterly high of $42 million was set in first three months of … Continue reading EIM hits record benefits, lower GHG emissions →

Idaho Power, PacifiCorp choose California ISO for new RC services The California Independent System Operator (ISO) welcomed today’s announcements by Idaho Power and PacifiCorp to receive Reliability Coordinator (RC) services from the ISO. Their announcements came after Balancing Authority of Northern California (BANC) recently committed to receive ISO RC services. “These commitments by entities to … Continue reading #Idaho_Power, #PacifiCorp choose California ISO for new RC services →

PNM looks to join CAISO Energy Imbalance Market California’s EIM continues to grow as more utilities look to access financial benefits and emissions reductions provided by trading electricity over a larger footprint in the voluntary market. Last month, CAISO announced the EIM had posted its highest quarterly benefits yet, topping a total of $400 million … Continue reading PNM looks to join CAISO Energy Imbalance Market →

Expanding the Energy Imbalance Market Is the Right Way to Regionalize California’s Grid Clean Coalition’s Doug Karpa and Craig Lewis argue that combining regional integration with a system of DSOs is a lower-risk approach to save ratepayers money and integrate renewables. To meet its ambitious renewable energy goals, California needs to make its energy system … Continue reading Expanding the Energy Imbalance Market Is the Right Way to Regionalize California’s Grid →

Power play: How a small co-op wants to open Nevada’s electricity market and own it Valley Electric Association is taking on NV Energy and dreaming big. The headquarters for the Valley Electric Association sits off a main highway with billboards advertising the casinos of Pahrump, Nev., a small desert outpost about 60 miles from Las … Continue reading Power play: How a small co-op wants to open #Nevada ‘s electricity market and own it →