FERC approved CAISO Tariff changes designed to incorporate generator contingencies and remedial action schemes into its market optimization and congestion pricing methodology.

SMUD said it is canceling a 500-kV transmission line project it was developing with WAPA because it had proven too expensive and was no longer needed.

The growth of solar power in California will require a huge amount of new electricity storage to allow the state to meet its ambitious green energy goals.

FERC approved changes to CAISO’s Tariff that describe practices already employed to balance supply and demand in the day-ahead and real-time markets.

FERC again rejected CAISO’s proposal to change the way generators register their capabilities with the ISO, denying a plan that could allow participants to exercise market power.

New Mexico’s PUC vacated an order that had paved the way for the PSC of New Mexico to join CAISO’s Western Energy Imbalance Market by the spring of 2021.

CAISO is exploring ways to exchange more low-carbon electricity with the Pacific Northwest, while WestConnect looks to absorb exports from California during overgeneration.

Policymakers and industry officials gathered for NARUC Winter Policy Summit, where they discussed coal and nuclear power, among other topics.

Pacific Gas and Electric proposed spending up to $2.3 billion on grid hardening, increased line inspections, and vegetation management to prevent wildfires.

FERC approved an agreement between CAISO and the Salt River Project that establishes the rules governing the utility’s participation in the Western EIM.