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March 10, 2026

CAISO/WEIM

The California Independent System Operator serves about 80% of California's electricity demand, including the service areas of the state's three investor-owned utilities. It also operates the Western Energy Imbalance Market, an interstate real-time market covering territory that accounts for 80% of the load in the Western Interconnection.
NWPP
NWPP Rebrands as Western Power Pool
In a move that signifies its expanding reach across the Western Interconnection, the Northwest Power Pool has rebranded itself as the Western Power Pool.
EVgo
Survey Captures Driver Discontent with EV Charging Stations
Electric Vehicle drivers in California are finding that charging their cars at public stations isn't always as easy as they'd like, a new survey says.
CAISO
CAISO, WEIM Adopt Resource Sufficiency Changes
CAISO's Board of Governors and the Western Energy Imbalance Governing Body adopted changes to WEIM's resource sufficiency evaluation for market participants.
PG&E
PG&E Plans to Spend $25B to Bury Lines
In a Q4 call, PG&E for the first time put a price tag of more than $25 billion on its proposal to underground 10,000 miles of lines in high-threat fire areas.
CPUC
California PUC Adopts Stricter GHG Reduction Plan
The California PUC ordered the electric sector to reduce greenhouse gasses and adopted a plan to add 40 GW of new clean resources at a cost of $49 billion.
NV Energy
NV Energy’s Greenlink North Gets Go-ahead
Nevada regulators have approved NV Energy’s $901 million Greenlink North project and two major solar-plus-batter storage projects proposed by the utility.
Department of Water Resources
Summer Hydro Outlook Iffy in California
A dry January and February are clouding the prospects for hydroelectric generation this summer following two years of severe drought in California.
State of California
CARB Preparing Full Course of ZEV Rules for 2022
CARB could adopt by year-end several regulations intended to speed the transition to zero-emission vehicles, including the Advanced Clean Cars II rules.
Shutterstock
CARB Promises Closer Look at Biomethane Role in LCFS
Prompted by a petition from environmental justice groups, California will look at the role of dairy-manure biomethane in the state’s low-carbon fuel standard.
Shutterstock
California PUC Weighs Changes to Contentious Solar Plan
The California Public Utilities Commission put a controversial net-metering plan for rooftop solar on hold "until further notice" as it considers revisions.

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