An Oregon committee discussed how a Western RTO would likely take shape for reasons much different from those that motivated the other organized markets.

The California PUC began investigating the safety practices of gas and electric utilities under its jurisdiction to head off disasters.

Major Western utilities plan to discuss coordinated market services and the possible formation of an organized market in an exploratory group.

The California Energy Commission updated its midterm reliability analysis for 2022-2026, concluding California has enough capacity without adding fossil fuels.

Distributed energy resources, electrification and just wholesale compensation for both dominated two panels during the virtual North America Smart Energy Week.

FERC gave CAISO and NYISO 30 days to explain some details of the treatment of DER aggregations described in their Order 2222 compliance filings.

A Smart Energy Week panel said a decarbonized grid will need long-term storage "time machines" to move energy from when it's produced to when it's needed.

CPUC President Marybel Batjer — who has tackled wildfires, blackouts and PG&E — said she'll leave at the end of the year, with five years left in her term.

The Western Energy Imbalance Market is poised to make its largest expansion ever next spring with the inclusion of the Bonneville Power Administration.

Four manslaughter charges against PG&E in the 2020 Zogg Fire followed the first lawsuit against the utility for starting the still-burning Dixie Fire.