A California Senate committee has advanced a bill aimed at increasing accountability and transparency of the state Public Utilities Commission.

The author behind the bill that would allow CAISO to relinquish market governance to an independent RO has delayed a hearing after several organizations withdrew support for the proposed legislation.

The Virginia SCC ordered changes to Dominion's IRP filings, requiring scenarios that meet state clean energy goals and have an increased level of storage, efficiency and demand-side management.

Clean Grid Alliance claims new information MISO has released on its interconnection queue fast lane definitively shows the plan would be detrimental to independent power producers and should be rejected by FERC.

FERC opened the door for PJM to resubmit a previously rejected proposal to shift its Regional Transmission Expansion Plan protocol from its operating agreement to its tariff, while dismissing a rehearing request for a connected proposal by the RTO’s transmission owners.

FERC has a tightrope to walk in balancing the requirements of a White House executive order requiring sunset clauses in regulations pertaining to energy, some of which are foundational to the economic regulation of electricity, while keeping its response in line with the Administrative Procedure Act.

The Planning Committee endorsed by acclamation a PJM proposal to rework how it determines which jurisdiction a resource point of interconnection falls under.

Invenergy is standing by the value of its $11 billion, 800-mile Grain Belt Express transmission project with a letter to Energy Secretary Chris Wright, who is said to have pledged to block the line.

Texas regulators have approved two more system resiliency plans for state utilities with a focus on wildfire mitigation, following up on a requirement from the 2023 legislative session.

The D.C. Circuit denied a review of a FERC decision that allowed SPP to incorporate transmission facilities into one of its pricing zones, spreading the costs to the zone’s customer base.