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August 23
August 23
BPA EIM Participation Draft Decision
The Bonneville Power Administration is due to receive comments on a draft decision to join the Western Energy Imbalance Market, or EIM, operated by the California Independent System Operator Corp., in March 2022 after a three-year evaluation of the market opportunity. The federal power marketing administration, which sells electricity from 31 federal dams and one nuclear plant to consumers and businesses across eight states, considers joining the market as a way to progress grid modernization and efficient transmission. Participation would also create opportunities to lower costs through improved efficiencies and increase revenues by providing a new avenue to market surplus power. READ MORE