Western states must deal with the high risk wildfires pose to the financial health of the region’s utility sector, investment analysts told regulators at the annual meeting of the Western Conference of Public Service Commissioners.
The NYISO Market Monitoring Unit is proposing to revise the ISO’s net congestion rent assignment process by allocating residuals to transmission owners on an individual facility basis.
MISO has put a second proposal for a fast-tracked interconnection queue lane in front of FERC, a mere three weeks after the commission rejected the RTO’s initial proposal.
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.
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.
The U.S. Energy Information Administration has revised its forecast upward for retail electrical sales — especially in ERCOT and PJM.
Energy Secretary Chris Wright talked about the process behind two recent orders mandating power plants that had planned to retire to keep running this summer at a House hearing that was focused on DOE's budget.