Chelan PUD plans to join a real-time energy market to increase its wholesale energy revenue.

Commissioners voted to join Southwest Power Pool's "Markets+," a day-ahead and real-time energy market made up of a network of electricity providers spanning across the northwest, southwest, and Rocky Mountain states.

The PUD said, by joining Markets+, it can continue to trade efficiently with neighboring energy providers, including Bonneville Power Administration and Puget Sound Energy.

“The way utilities buy and sell energy is changing, and we have to adapt in a way that provides the most value for our customers,” said Chief Energy Resource Officer Janet Jaspers. “It’s in our customer-owners’ interest to choose a centralized energy market that prioritizes reliability, independent governance, a

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