Promoters of renewable energy worry about reliability as fossil-fuel plants retire and renewable resources are slow to take over, ACORE attendees heard.

Transource Energy filed a reconfigured version of the Independence Energy Connection project with Maryland regulators as part of a settlement with state officials and landowners.

The New York PSC expects winter electricity prices will be slightly lower than a year ago, based on a declining price trend and normal weather forecast.

PG&E told regulators its public safety power shutoffs could continue for another decade, and is making plans to turn off electricity if and when necessary.

SoCal Edison came under increasing scrutiny for its possible role in starting the Saddleridge Fire, while PG&E defended its public safety power shutoffs.

ERCOT CEO Bill Magness and Texas PUC Chair DeAnn Walker will attend NERC’s Board of Trustees meeting to discuss the grid operator’s slender reserve margins.

PG&E restored power to 738,000 customers after its public safety power shutoffs prompted a backlash from the public, state regulators and elected officials.

State officials and renewable energy advocates attended the Renewable Energy Vermont conference where they described their efforts to combat climate change.

As roughly 600,000 Pacific Gas and Electric customers remained without power, the president of the California PUC called the situation “unacceptable.”

PG&E shut down power to large swaths of its Northern California service territory, citing gusty winds that could cause utility-sparked conflagrations.