A key California lawmaker is seeking comment this week on a revived effort to regionalize CAISO and create a multistate Western RTO.

Susan Kennedy, a former California utilities regulator and political insider, has been fined after state investigators determined that she failed to register as a lobbyist.

New Jersey lawmakers once again voted to advance legislation out of committee that would provide subsidies to the state’s nuclear fleet.

The New York Public Service Commission (NYPSC) ordered the state’s utilities to open participation in their “value stack” programs to DER projects up to 5 MW.

PSEG CEO Ralph Izzo expressed confidence that the company’s five nuclear power plants will receive subsidies through New Jersey legislation.

Edison International has joined other California utilities in protesting difficulties with cost recovery related to devastating wildfires.

Entergy Mississippi is supporting multiple bills that would restrict the ability of the state’s attorney general to sue utilities.

Blocked by regulators from moving its ailing coal-fired Pleasants plant into the rate base of a subsidiary, FirstEnergy announced it will shut the plant down.

The Texas PUC postponed until March a decision on whether to remove reliability unit commitments from ERCOT’s operating reserve demand curve.

FERC approved a package of modifications developed by CAISO for the EIM, and issued several other decisions related to Western states and energy markets.