The Trump administration sided with utility witnesses on legislation to streamline approvals for managing vegetation near power lines on federal land.

Legislature ended its 2017 session, drawing criticism for its pursuit of CAISO regionalization and for letting a 100% clean energy bill die in committee.

CAISO sought to address stakeholder concerns in its final proposal for preventing the retirement of power plants that may be needed for system reliability.

CAISO is dropping a handful of proposed enhancements to the EIM less than two months before the board is slated to review a broader package.

California legislation that would regionalize CAISO and mandate 100% zero-carbon retail electricity sales statewide by 2045 will not pass this year.

Last-minute legislation that would transform CAISO into an RTO has stalled in the California State Senate.

CAISO’s Department of Market Monitoring amplified its opposition to a fundamental aspect of the ISO’s plan for commitment cost mitigation.

FERC approved CAISO’s agreement for integrating Canadian power marketer Powerex into the EIM.

The EIM Governing Body approved a CAISO proposal allowing market participants to take part in a program that models generator outages.

EIM market participants voiced concerns about fluctuating load forecasts that make it harder to pass resource sufficiency tests.