California state lawmakers introduced a much-anticipated bill to implement “Step 2” of the West-Wide Governance Pathways Initiative, marking a significant step toward the creation of a new independent “regional organization” to oversee governance of CAISO’s markets.

The deadline to submit bills for California’s 2025 session is looming, and backers of the West-Wide Governance Pathways Initiative expect legislation without unnecessary fluff that will change CAISO’s governance structure and allow a new regional organization to oversee Western energy markets.

The U.S. Senate voted to confirm President Donald Trump’s nominee to be secretary of energy, Chris Wright, 59-38, days after confirming Doug Burgum as secretary of the interior.

Minutes after he was sworn in as 47th president of the United States, Donald Trump signaled his intention to rapidly increase production of oil and gas.

Protests and endorsements have turned up in response to MISO’s second attempt with FERC to annually cap project submittals to its interconnection queue based on a megawatt value.

New England transmission owners no longer can require interconnection customers to pay operations and maintenance costs for required system upgrades, FERC has ruled.

As clean energy development challenges in New England have mounted over the past several years, Massachusetts agencies are facing a massive influx of alternative compliance payments from electricity suppliers to meet the state’s array of clean electricity standards.

Stakeholders expressed widespread support for the goals of NESCOE’s proposed procurement of transmission solutions in Maine and New Hampshire, while offering differing views on the scope and format of the solicitation.

The joint announcement by APS, SRP, TEP and UniSource Energy marks a significant win for SPP after a string of victories for CAISO’s competing Extended Day-Ahead Market.