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Pacificorp and California power giant take another step to reshape the Western electricity grid

‘Extended Day-Ahead Market’ pools resources with the intention of encouraging more renewable energy.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Wind turbines, solar panels, and hog farms north of Milford on Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021. Pacificorp, parent company of Utah's largest electrical utility, is joining with California's power operator to form a new market where utilities in the West can buy and sell power to each other.