The rift over the rapid expansion of community choice aggregators in California took center stage at a state Senate hearing on Tuesday.

CAISO’s RC West Oversight Committee held its monthly meeting as the grid operator prepares to assume the reliability coordinator role for most of the West.

A U.S. district court judge sided with PG&E Corp. in declining to withdraw the utility’s jurisdictional dispute with FERC over power purchase agreements from bankruptcy court.

New Mexico’s largest utility is still hoping to join the Western EIM, with the move taking on added significance requiring 100% carbon-free electricity.

Cal. officials expressed concern that the state’s push toward 100% clean energy and the rapid growth of community choice could imperil grid reliability.

The Western Electricity Coordinating Council continued to deal with issues related to this year’s reliability coordinator transition at its board of directors meeting.

FERC approved CAISO Tariff changes designed to incorporate generator contingencies and remedial action schemes into its market optimization and congestion pricing methodology.

SMUD said it is canceling a 500-kV transmission line project it was developing with WAPA because it had proven too expensive and was no longer needed.

The growth of solar power in California will require a huge amount of new electricity storage to allow the state to meet its ambitious green energy goals.

FERC again rejected CAISO’s proposal to change the way generators register their capabilities with the ISO, denying a plan that could allow participants to exercise market power.