The Zogg Fire started when a leaning tree struck a PG&E power line, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said.

FERC conditionally approved NextEra Energy Transmission’s $660 million purchase of GridLiance transmission operations in MISO, SPP and CAISO.

Fellow Democrats are questioning California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s budget proposal to spend $1.5 billion to accelerate the adoption of zero-emissions vehicles.

A new report found that California will need to build renewable generation and storage resources at a record pace to provide 100% clean energy by 2045.

The Western Energy Imbalance Market approved two CAISO measures and endorsed a third to improve reliability, mitigate capacity shortfalls.

CAISO’s Market Surveillance Committee has endorsed a set of rule changes designed to avoid shortfalls this summer.

California regulators are trying to avoid a repeat of last year’s unprecedented use of PSPS to prevent utility equipment from igniting wildfires.

A stakeholder initiative to help ensure resource adequacy and avoid energy emergencies this summer is headed to the CAISO Board of Governors.

New PG&E CEO Patti Poppe vowed change as she laid out her vision for the utility, which reported a loss of $1.05/share for 2020.

California’s energy policy leaders came together to weigh the potential impact of the state’s sharply rising electricity rates on its electrification goals.