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Guest Column: Modeling Flaws Distort Prices and Outcomes for BPA Benefits Studies bit.ly/4shtQSx

Guest Column: Modeling Flaws Distort Prices and Outcomes for BPA Benefits Studies

As Bonneville Power Administration CEO and Administrator Travis Kavulla considers whether to join the Extended Day-Ahead Market or Markets+, there are a number of factors to take into consideration.

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BPA Unveils Large-Load Initiatives; Customers Question Fairness, Timeline bit.ly/3WjHyrW

BPA Unveils Large-Load Initiatives; Customers Question Fairness, Timeline

The Bonneville Power Administration introduced two initiatives aimed at accelerating connections for large loads, including data centers, during an all-day workshop Oct. 19.

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9th Circuit Questions August Spill, Public Safety in CRSO Appeal Hearing bit.ly/4z339n9

9th Circuit Questions August Spill, Public Safety in CRSO Appeal Hearing

During oral arguments Oct. 20, three judges on a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel asked whether they could consider public safety, how to balance the needs of salmon

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FERC Rejects Second TransAlta Cost-Recovery Request bit.ly/4yzLhPI

FERC Rejects Second TransAlta Cost-Recovery Request

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Oct. 19 rejected TransAlta’s request to recover costs tied to the U.S. Department of Energy’s second stay-open order for the coal-fired TransAlta Centralia...

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SPP Says Markets+ Has Everything That BPA Wants From a Market bit.ly/4jV8eZS

SPP Says Markets+ Has Everything That BPA Wants From a Market

The Southwest Power Pool and the organizations that have helped finance the Markets+ initiative have responded to the leader of the Bonneville Power Administration’s letter to the Regional Organiza...

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Coalition Sues Montana PSC Over Failed Climate Consideration bit.ly/4dFxDD5

Coalition Sues Montana PSC Over Failed Climate Consideration

Over a dozen organizations across several industries are suing the Montana Public Service Commission for rejecting a 2024 petition asking the commission to recognize its constitutional duty to...

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PSE Receives $40 Million From DOE to Modernize Grid in Western Washington bit.ly/3VWilDH

PSE Receives $40 Million From DOE to Modernize Grid in Western Washington

Puget Sound Energy has been awarded $40.2 million by the U.S. Department of Energy to help modernize its grid in western Washington, the utility announced Oct. 7.

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FERC Rejects TransAlta Cost-Recovery Filing bit.ly/4yqmfmC

FERC Rejects TransAlta Cost-Recovery Filing

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Oct. 1 rejected TransAlta Centralia Generation LLC’s application to recover costs of complying with the U.S. Department of Energy’s initial emergency order...

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Portland General Electric Goes Live With EDAM bit.ly/47sBgbN

Portland General Electric Goes Live With EDAM

Portland General Electric officially went live with the California Independent System Operator’s Extended Day-Ahead Market on Oct. 1.

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Higher Pay for Bonneville Power Administration Employees Advances in the Senate bit.ly/4jxm9Fg

Higher Pay for Bonneville Power Administration Employees Advances in the Senate

A bipartisan bill that would increase salaries at the Bonneville Power Administration and other power-marketing agencies was introduced in the Senate on Sept. 30.

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Mid-C PUDs, Feds Settle Lawsuit Over Treaty Payments bit.ly/3TMZ6vI

Mid-C PUDs, Feds Settle Lawsuit Over Treaty Payments

The three mid-Columbia public utility districts reached a settlement Sept. 25 with the Bonneville Power Administration and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to resolve a lawsuit over payments required

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ROWE Seats Diverse Array of Board Members From Across the West bit.ly/3T9U4t4

ROWE Seats Diverse Array of Board Members From Across the West

The Regional Organization for Western Energy (ROWE), the body hoping to take over governance of the California Independent System Operator’s Extended Day-Ahead Market (EDAM) and Western Energy...

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BPA Workshop Reviews Markets Analysis bit.ly/4j4mgbp

BPA Workshop Reviews Markets Analysis

The Bonneville Power Administration on Sept. 22 convened a technical workshop that exposed sharp disagreements over whether the federal power-marketing agency should join the California Independent...

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DOE Announces $99M for 21 Western Geothermal Projects bit.ly/46A64XV

DOE Announces $99M for 21 Western Geothermal Projects

The U.S. Department of Energy has selected 21 geothermal projects in the West to receive more than $99 million in grant funding.

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NV Energy Commits to CAISO’s EDAM in 2028 bit.ly/4yBIkhY

NV Energy Commits to CAISO’s EDAM in 2028

Nevada’s largest electric utility, NV Energy, committed to join the California Independent System Operator’s Extended Day-Ahead Market, becoming the ninth Western energy provider to do so.

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BPA Moves Forward on BP-27 Rate Case, Expects Rate Increases bit.ly/46vsCJk

BPA Moves Forward on BP-27 Rate Case, Expects Rate Increases

The Bonneville Power Administration has officially launched the BP-27 rate case to recover an estimated $250 million in additional costs stemming from a preliminary injunction in the Columbia River...

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PacifiCorp and NW Public Power Weigh In on BPA ‘Prerequisites’ for Pivoting to EDAM bit.ly/4xu8UZq

PacifiCorp and NW Public Power Weigh In on BPA ‘Prerequisites’ for Pivoting to EDAM

The Bonneville Power Administration’s list of governance and market-design prerequisites that must be met for the power-marketing agency to pivot to the Extended Day-Ahead Market has the support of...

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Sea Lion Bill Advances to U.S. House Following Committee Markup bit.ly/46stTAM

Sea Lion Bill Advances to U.S. House Following Committee Markup

A bill to expand lethal removal of sea lions and add harbor seals to the list of marine mammals that can be killed to protect salmon can now be considered

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Tech Companies Launch Partnership to Enable Large-Load Flexibility bit.ly/4dGonyh

Tech Companies Launch Partnership to Enable Large-Load Flexibility

A group of tech giants leading the charge in artificial intelligence data center expansion launched a partnership on Sept. 16 emphasizing large-load flexibility as central to ensuring the “triple win

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BPA Agrees to Fund SAFE Hatchery Program for One More Year bit.ly/3T1ff0e

BPA Agrees to Fund SAFE Hatchery Program for One More Year

Under pressure from the State of Oregon, the Bonneville Power Administration has reversed course and will provide another year of funding for a hatchery program that for more than 30

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