The California Public Utilities Commission voted to examine its rules allowing utilities to de-energize power lines in cases of wildfire conditions.

Texas PUC Chair DeAnn Walker urged ERCOT to gain a “better sense” of the distributed resources and self-generation that could be affecting its system.

Xcel Energy committed to providing its customers with carbon-free energy by 2050, becoming the first large investor-owned utility to make such a pledge.

California and Illinois won the top spots on the GridWise Alliance Grid Modernization Index, the group announced at the gridConnext 2018 conference.

NYISO recommended its carbon pricing proposal no longer include emissions-free resources with existing REC contracts pay the LBMP carbon component.

California legislators will struggle with wildfire liability, while lawmakers in Washington and Nevada could debate clean energy.

The California PUC will open a new phase of investigation into PG&E’s practices as the utility faces allegations that its equipment ignited the Camp Fire.

New York officials and stakeholders discussed onshore wind power in the state at a summit hosted by the New York State Laborers’ Organizing Fund.

NYISO said it would revise its carbon pricing proposal to enhance the bidding treatment for carbon-free resources and help prevent carbon leakage.

Dominion Energy has inched closer to winning state-subsidized energy contracts for its Millstone nuclear plant in Connecticut.