FERC gave final approval Thursday for NERC and WECC to introduce regional reliability standard BAL-002-WECC-3.

PGE's CEO expressed regret over a breakdown in public communications as February's ice storms left nearly half the utility’s customers without power.

A new Lessons Learned report published by NERC goes over the mistakes that led to the fire and explosion of APS’ McMicken battery in Arizona.

WECC gathered leaders from the Western Interconnection’s four reliability coordinators to ask what keeps them up at night.

FERC threw out a complaint by activist group CGNP against that sought to stop the closure of PG&E’s Diablo Canyon Power Plant.

Staff will be allowed to return to WECC’s Salt Lake City office on a voluntary basis beginning April 5, CEO Melanie Frye said.

WECC found the southern portion of the Northwest Power Pool region could fail to meet resource adequacy requirements for 3 hours this year.

WECC stakeholders expressed their displeasure with a revised proposal to revamp its committee structure and appoint a new Committee Review Body.

FERC has accepted a settlement between WECC and NorthWestern Energy for violations of NERC reliability standards, under which the utility will pay $205,000.

The California-Mexico subregion cannot maintain resource adequacy without imports, and the greatest risk of shortages is in Southern California, WECC said.