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February 20, 2026

California Independent System Operator (CAISO)

CAISO Updates Storage as Transmission Asset Plan
Stakeholders weighed in on the 2nd CAISO straw proposal to treat energy storage as transmission assets (SATA) for purposes of accessing market revenues.
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CAISO Symposium Looks to Grid’s Future
The 1,000 or so attendees at CAISO’s Stakeholder Symposium got a glimpse of what the future could hold during the event’s 10th anniversary.
Bureau of Land Management
Fire Season Becomes Blackout Time in California
California’s big utilities shut down power proactively or warned customers they might need to because of windy conditions that could lead to wildfires.
National Weather Service
PG&E Shuts down Power to Prevent Fires
Pacific Gas and Electric pre-emptively shut down power to thousands of its customers amid high winds to reduce the risk of wildfires.
Q&A: PJM’s Ott Still Looking West
PJM CEO Andy Ott sat down with RTO Insider for the second time this year to discuss the RTO’s perspective on a Western market.
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Northwest Ponders RTO with Mix of Hope and Skepticism
Talk of an RTO for the Western Interconnection lived during the annual meeting of the Northwest & Intermountain Power Producers Coalition (NIPPC).
Western Regionalization ‘No-brainer,’ PJM CEO Says
PJM is leaving the door open to developing an organized electric market in the Western Interconnection, despite the downfall of Peak Reliability.
Tx Path Uncertain for Massive New Mexico Wind Farm
Regulators in New Mexico have approved Pattern’s Corona Wind Farm Project but not the SunZia transmission project that would send Corona's output to CAISO.
CPUC
NextEra Settles CRR Complaint Against CAISO
FERC approved a settlement that will grant a NextEra Energy subsidiary congestion revenue rights that CAISO denied the company in 2015.
California Energy Commission
Can Calif. Go All Green Without a Western RTO?
California may be able to meet its carbon goal by 2045, but it’s going to be more difficult and more expensive without a Western RTO, advocates contend.

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