FERC approved CAISO's controversial rule changes on wheel-throughs, intended to ensure the ISO has adequate capacity this summer.

A drought in the West is cutting into hydropower supplies needed for summer reliability, especially in California, panelists in a USEA briefing said.

The CPUC ordered an additional 11.5 GW of procurement by mid-decade but backpedaled on a plan to include up to 1,500 MW of fossil fuel generation in the mix.

Gov. Jared Polis signed Senate Bill 72, an infrastructure and transmission bill that would require utilities with transmission facilities to join an RTO.

FERC Chairman Richard Glick says "the time is right for the states, the region’s utilities and other key stakeholders" to form one or more Western RTOs.

SPP CEO Barbara Sugg told WECC's Board of Directors that SPP would be a better fit than CAISO to lead a Western RTO.

The development of a single RTO covering the U.S. portion of the Western Interconnection could save $2 billion a year in energy costs by 2030, study says.

The Public Utilities Commission of Nevada said a Western market would help alleviate supply shortfalls like those that occurred last August.

FERC approved the transfer of the 169-MW Klamath Hydroelectric Project’s license from PacifiCorp to a group of parties that will decommission the dams.

FERC provided guidance to Western electricity sellers on how and when to seek exceptions for transactions that exceed the region’s $1,000/MWh soft cap.