Enhancing Greenhouse Gas Accounting and Dispatch Support in the CAISO and SPP Markets+
As wholesale electricity markets expand in the West, states and utilities increasingly see the need to engage more extensively with trade partners to pursue decarbonization goals cost-effectively. Market participants also require robust information and tracking of greenhouse gas emissions so they can measure progress and manage economic trade-offs.
This report, prepared for Western Resource Advocates and Interwest Energy Alliance by the Brattle Group, provides an assessment of current greenhouse gas emissions accounting offered by a range of independent system operators and regional transmission organizations (RTOs) and offers recommendations for future enhancements market operators can make.
