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PacifiCorp tells Utah regulators EDAM could cut customer power costs, sets tests and May go‑live
Summary
PacifiCorp representatives told a Utah Public Service Commission technical conference that joining the CAISO-operated day-ahead EDAM market would build on the existing Energy Imbalance Market (EIM), reduce net power costs over time, improve reliability and proceed through parallel testing before a planned May go‑live.
PacifiCorp presenters told the Utah Public Service Commission (PSC) at a technical conference that the company plans to join the CAISO day‑ahead Energy Imbalance and Day‑Ahead Market (EDAM) to capture additional regional economic and reliability benefits beyond the current Energy Imbalance Market (EIM).
Mike Wilding, who identified himself as “the vice president of management” at PacifiCorp, told commissioners that EIM has produced roughly $7.4 billion in regional customer benefits since 2014 and that “PacifiCorp’s share of that is just over a billion dollars.” He said EDAM would extend optimization to the day‑ahead timeframe and expects the company to eventually realize incremental customer savings: “We expect about $300,000,000 annually…
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