It is no secret that our communities need reliable, efficient power. However, are states like California encouraging these companies to have a "green" mentality? A recent partnership between the California Independent System Operator (CAISO) and GridLiance proves so....
Compliance initiative FERC Order No. 831 aims to establish several expectations for Regional Transmission Organizations (RTOs) and Independent System Operators (RTOs); this initiative changes the existing caps on incremental energy offers and discusses requirement...
Effective February 1, 2021 CAISO has decommissioned the use of the following URLs for all API versions: • https://adssta.caiso.com:447 • https://ads.caiso.com:447 • https://adssta.ecn.wepex.net:447 • https://ads.ecn.wepex.net:447 In addition, CAISO has removed the...
Effective on December 16, 2020 CAISO has activated new features as part of phase three of the Automatic Dispatch System (ADS). These features are only available via the new ADS User Interface, which is API version 8. New features include: Dispatch Operating Target...
A new chair and vice chair have been elected to serve on the Western Energy Imbalance Market governing board. John Prescott and Anita Decker were elected on June 30, 2020 and have begun their terms as of July 1, 2020. About John Prescott: John Prescott has...
CAISO has recently announced that two of the country’s largest public utilities, Salt River Project and Seattle City Light, have elected to join the Western EIM market. Both utilities have a combined customer base of approx. 1.5 million customers. The two utilities...
California ISO has collaborated with its European counterparts to publish a report covering the different challenges and opportunities surrounding power storage as the industry shifts more and more to a clean energy renewable model. According to the CAISO press...
CAISO has announced that the Balancing Authority of Northern California (BANC) and the Western Area Power Administration-Sierra Nevada Region (WAPA SN) have both signed to join the real time energy market in April 2021. The agreement will include the following BANC...
CAISO’s Western Energy Imbalance Market has released its second quarter 2019 report. The report shows the market generated $86 million in gross benefits. This brings the total benefits produced to $736.26 million since it started in 2014. According to the CAISO...
CAISO’s Reliability Coordinator, RC West, has become the official operator of record for 16 Balancing authorities in California and one in Mexico. These operations began on July 1, 2019. According to the CAISO press release, “The July 1 cutover marks the first phase...