INITIATIVE:
Washington WEIM greenhouse gas enhancements

Started: Aug 09, 2022

Leads
Anja Gilbert

This initiative focuses on market enhancements to support Washington Western Energy Imbalance Market (WEIM) entities with their reporting of WEIM transactions under Washington’s Climate Commitment Act.

Status

Proposal Development Decision Implementation Completed/Closed
Oct 21, 2022 Draft tariff language posted
Sep 22, 2022 Draft final proposal posted
Jun 02, 2023 FERC filing (ER23-2062)
Apr 20, 2023 FERC approval of compliance filing (ER23-474)
Mar 13, 2023 Compliance filing (ER23-474)
Feb 10, 2023 FERC approval (ER23-474)
Dec 19, 2022 Motion for leave to file answer and answer (ER23-474)
Nov 21, 2022 Tariff amendment (ER23-474)
Oct 25-26, 2022 Joint ISO Board of Governors and WEIM Governing Body approval
Interim solution effective May 01, 2023
Full implementation: Nov 01, 2023
Outcome statement: This implementation includes scope to support the Washington reporting requirements, and reference level updates. This initiative comprises the first set of enhancements to support reporting WEIM transactions for emissions year 2022. The implementation scope includes:

- Identification of resources within WA State boundary
- Updatiing of WA State associated resources’ greenhouse gas (GHG) reference levels with dynamic pricing using vendor-provided indices
- Calculation and publication of monthly projected GHG prices for Washington State
- Development of reports to support WEIM Entity annual reporting to Washington State
Implementation milestones
Completed

Activities

Training


Filing


Web meeting


Draft Tariff Language - Washington WEIM Greenhouse Gas Enhancements

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Notice of Decisional Classification - Washington WEIM Greenhouse Gas Enhancements - Oct 2022

Web meeting


Presentation - Washington WEIM Greenhouse Gas Enhancements - Sep 29, 2022

Draft Final Proposal - Washington WEIM Greenhouse Gas Enhancements

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Web meeting


Presentation - Washington WEIM Greenhouse Gas Enhancements - Aug 22, 2022

Issue Paper and Straw Proposal - Washington WEIM Greenhouse Gas Enhancements

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