The West-wide Governance Pathways Initiative (Pathways Initiative) was launched in July 2023 by a coalition of regulators from five Western states, including California, who helped form a Launch Committee representing a diverse group of Western stakeholders. The Launch Committee has been working since the Fall of 2023 to develop a proposal for continued evolution of governance over Western EIM and EDAM.
On June 5, 2024, the Launch Committee of the Pathways Initiative submitted for consideration its Step 1 Recommendation to the ISO Board Chair Jan Schori and the WEIM Governing Body Chair Andrew Campbell. The Chairs accepted receipt of the report, and directed management to initiate a stakeholder process to consider the recommendation and to bring a proposal to the Board and Governing Body to consider for a vote in the mid to late Summer of 2024.
On November 7, 2024, the ISO Board of Governors and the Western Energy Markets Governing Body jointly approved the proposed amendments to governance documents and to the tariff, necessary to implement the "Step 1" proposal of the West-Wide Governance Pathways Initiative. The ISO submitted tariff amendments to FERC, and FERC approved the associated tariff changes on April 2, 2025.
The tariff changes will become effective when the trigger criteria are satisfied after EDAM commitments from utilities that meet combined load and geographic diversity criteria.
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Apr 02, 2025 FERC Approval of associated tariff changes (ER25-542)
Nov 22, 2024 Tariff amendment (ER25-542) Aug 13, 2024 Board of Governors and Governing Body Joint Approval |