Hawaii's PUC OK'd HECO's plan to create an emergency demand response program to help cover the expected energy shortfall caused by the shutdown of Oahu's AES plant.

The Texas Public Utility Commission’s rookie electric utility regulators last week stood in front of the proverbial fire hose, wielded by ERCOT staff, market participants and the grid’s Independent Market Monitor, as they try to get a grip on how best to respond to February’s disastrous winter storm. In what the PUC billed as the …

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Biden administration officials met with Western governors to discuss the region's pressing topics, including energy technology, drought and wildfires.

NRDC delivered a presentation on energy efficiency participation in NYISO's ICAP markets, urging it be mentioned in a July 19 FERC Order 2222 compliance filing.

In notices for draft permits of two proposed natural gas generating station upgrades, NY regulators said there are potential substantial associated emissions.

In a rare move, CAISO will use its capacity procurement mechanism to obtain more resources after other measures fell short, threatening summer blackouts.

Panelists talked hydrogen at an Electric Power Research Institute forum session on bridging the gaps in a net-zero energy system.

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has moved the Park City Wind project ahead to environmental review.

Minnesota’s utilities will be required to meet increasing energy efficiency targets under a new law, but they are not meeting all of the old, lower goals.

FERC approved CAISO's controversial rule changes on wheel-throughs, intended to ensure the ISO has adequate capacity this summer.