
Missed Connections: Modernizing Our Multiple Grids
Climate One
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The Importance of the Western Energy and Balance Market
Jennifer, you're vice chair of the Western Energy and Balance market. Can you give us the sort of layperson elevator pitch for what that market is and why it's important? So what the EIM does is it's a real-time market. And what this means is that it allows utilities to buy and sell energy close to the operating hour rather than having to do it through bilateral contracts.
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