PacifiCorp and CAISO want to "merge"-but look-over 60% of it's power comes from coal-This doesn't sound right (Sierra Club in LATimes article below)
"...Critics of PacifiCorp., such as the Sierra Club, say they worry that all of the talk of renewables is not consistent with the utility’s current and past operations.
“PacifiCorp has spent the last decade sinking $2 billion into its coal plants, fighting rooftop solar and trying to stop independent renewable energy developers,” said Bill Corcoran, a Western director of the Sierra Club. “Their clean energy talk is belied by their fossil fuels walk.”
“PacifiCorp,” Corcoran said, “needs to demonstrate clean energy leadership before it is allowed to integrate with the California grid....”
https://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-pacificorp-electric-grid-20160706-snap-story.html