@stephenernst1

Reporting from the intersection of the environment and the economy in the Pacific Northwest.

 Seattle, WA
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As organized wholesale electricity markets expand across the West, market participants, utilities and regulators are navigating new opportunities and challenges. Join us Nov. 5 for a timely conversation on EDAM's early results, resource adequacy and what's ahead for Western energy markets. events.ringcentral.com/event…

Western Energy Markets: EDAM, Resource Adequacy & What's Next

Get tickets to Western Energy Markets: EDAM, Resource Adequacy & What's Next, taking place November 5, 2026. RingCentral Events is your source for engaging events and experiences.

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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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BPA Unveils Large-Load Initiatives; Customers Question Fairness, Timeline bit.ly/4zKEd3y

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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BPA Unveils Large-Load Initiatives; Customers Question Fairness, Timeline newsdata.com/clearing_up/sup… via @CUnewsdata

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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Clearing Up@CUnewsdataOct 19
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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John Bistline@JEBistlineOct 14
More coal capacity retired under Trump's first term than under Biden's. Trump 2017-20: 43.6 GW Biden 2021-24: 31.8 GW Obama 2013-16: 33.1 GW Trump's first term is the largest of any presidential term on record.
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Quotable from the Fall 2026 CREPC-WIRAB joint meeting: WPP’s Rebecca Sexton discussing the Western Resource Adequacy Program, or WRAP, which enters binding operations next year.
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Quotable from the Fall 2026 CREPC-WIRAB joint meeting: WPP’s Sarah Edmonds on WestTEC, which is nearing completion of the 20-year transmission needs study while looking ahead to what a repeatable, durable WestTEC process could look like.
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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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Clearing Up@CUnewsdataOct 1
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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In the latest People in Power podcast, @bonnevillepower CEO and Administrator @TKavulla, the new CEO and administrator of the Bonneville Power Administration, talks with @stephenernst1 and @energy_abigail about regional market-choice considerations as he recently laid out in a letter to the Regional Organization for Western Energy; his plans for accelerating the expansion of BPA transmission; load and resource pairing; his preparation and philosophy for leading the federal power-marketing agency; and, of course, salmon and tribal relations. newsdata.com/podcasts/people…

People in Power Episode 31: Travis Kavulla of the Bonneville Power Administration on Market Choice,...

Travis Kavulla, the new CEO and administrator of the Bonneville Power Administration, talks with Steve Ernst and Abigail Sawyer about regional market-choice considerations as he recently laid out in a

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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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Don't miss our Energy Markets Forum in Sacramento on Oct. 28! newsdata.com/california_ener…

Western Market Players to Gather in Sacramento for NewsData’s Energy Markets Forum

The Western energy landscape is changing rapidly and in unprecedented ways, especially in the area of wholesale energy markets. The California Independent System Operator’s new Extended Day-Ahead...

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NV Energy Commits to CAISO’s EDAM in 2028 bit.ly/3VCJU4I

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

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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