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July 15, 2025

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FERC Again Rejects SDG&E Bid for RTO Adder
FERC denied San Diego Gas & Electric's challenge of a commission order rejecting the utility’s request for an RTO adder to its transmission rates based on its participation in CAISO.
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Industry Sees Challenges as BPA Considers ‘Radical’ Updates to Transmission Planning
The Bonneville Power Administration faces monumental challenges in implementing actions to meet the Pacific Northwest’s needs once it lifts its pause on transmission planning.
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CEC Approves Massive Solar-plus-storage Project

California regulators approved Intersect Power’s Darden Clean Energy Project, which is expected to be the largest battery energy storage system in the world when completed.

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Expanded EDAM Would Reduce Curtailment, Costs, Study Finds

California Energy Commission staff presented a study on the size of CAISO’s Extended Day-Ahead Market, finding more benefits as the market’s footprint increases.

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Calif. Bill Seeks to Control Electric Bills, Create Transmission Authority

A California bill that would take aim at soaring electric bills and create a transmission infrastructure authority has cleared the state Senate and now is being considered in the Assembly.

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UPDATED: ‘Pathways’ Bill Passes California Senate on 36-0 Vote

A California bill to implement the West Wide Governance Pathways Initiative’s Step 2 proposal passed the state Senate in a unanimous vote.

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Amended ‘Pathways’ Bill Boosts — and Complicates — Calif. Protections
The latest version of California’s “Pathways” bill strips out a previous amendment that would have given state regulators authority to order utilities to withdraw from the RO under certain circumstances.
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CEC Approves 3 IRPs, Decreases Battery Storage Project Size

The California Energy Commission approved three integrated resource plans for publicly owned utilities as the state prepares the grid to meet peak loads this summer.

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California Will Rely Heavily on Batteries to Meet Summer 2025 Peaks
California's grid is expected to meet peak demand this summer, with officials pointing to the massive growth in solar and storage resources as key.
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CalCCA Study Touts Benefits of RA Trading at Hourly Level

The cost of electricity in California could be reduced if energy providers were allowed to trade power by the hour, a new study by the California Community Choice Association says.


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