The essentials
- The Public Utility Commission Energy Imbalance Market has proposed an EIM for the Western Interconnection 1.
- The National Renewable Energy Laboratory Draft Report on EIM Analysis shows an annual societal operating benefit of between $146 million and $300 million for the Western Interconnection EIM with full participation.
- Critics of the plan cite concerns of cost-shifting, jurisdictional issues for local governments to enforce penalties, and questions of reliability.