Talk of a Western RTO continued at the 11th annual gathering of the Western Power Issues Roundtable, after several shakeups in the Western Interconnection.

California’s three investor-owned utilities want lawmakers to limit their liability for wildfires sparked by power lines.

CPUC President Michael Picker told California lawmakers that the commission is increasingly focused on wildfire prevention.

A forecasting error is prompting CAISO to procure a large volume of out-of-market resources for September under a special measure.

The Western Energy Imbalance Market saw financial benefits soar to a record $71.2 million in the second quarter, according to a CAISO report.

FERC granted GridLiance West incentive rate treatments for upgrades to a Nevada transmission line that connects to the CAISO grid.

CAISO’s push to become a reliability coordinator (RC) passed its first milestone after its Board of Governors approved the proposed rate design.

Peak Reliability said that it will wind down its role as a Reliability Coordinator and end its joint venture with PJM to form a western electricity market.

CAISO EIM officials approved a proposal to prevent market participants outside Ca. from skirting the state’s greenhouse gas (GHG) compliance obligations.

CAISO prices surged in Q1 on falling hydroelectric output and increased costs for natural gas, the ISO’s Department of Market Monitoring told stakeholders.