A new three-year wildfire mitigation plan from Pacific Gas and Electric incorporates tried-and-true strategies such as undergrounding power lines, as well as some newer approaches such as pole-mounted sensors

Utilities in the West are gearing up for another wildfire season, equipped with new technology and lessons learned from recent fires in Los Angeles they hope can assist in mitigation work.

The complex issue regarding congestion revenue allocation in CAISO’s Extended Day-Ahead Market continues to raise questions and cause some confusion for market participants.

ERCOT, Oncor and the Texas PUC asked FERC to deny a petition from Puerto Rican company Pluvia to bring the territory under the commission’s jurisdiction.

The Operating Committee endorsed a pair of manual revisions and heard an update on the implementation of PJM’s regulation market redesign.

FERC Chair Mark Christie and Commissioner Judy Chang downplayed the current political environment’s impact on the agency, saying the commission’s role is to follow the law and ensure the fairness of procedures.

The dispute over how CAISO’s Extended Day-Ahead Market will allocate congestion revenues to market participants continues, even as the ISO moves to address stakeholder concerns.