A California Senate committee advanced a bill that would allow CAISO to be transformed into a Western RTO, a change that has been met with heavy opposition.

The California Energy Commission (CEC) approved $10 million in grants for microgrids projects.

CAISO wholesale prices jumped 25% last year on higher natural gas costs stemming from tight supplies in Southern California.

CAISO will make permanent the practice of boosting its power reserves to account for utility-scale solar tripping offline because of an inverters problem.

Powerex is navigating a turbulent relationship with EIM rules the company says undercut the value of its hydro power resources.

The budding efforts to increase the energy efficiency of U.S. marijuana operations will become increasingly critical as the commodity grows into a global market, energy industry experts said Monday.

FERC Commissioners Cheryl LaFleur and Richard Glick told state regulators at the annual meeting of the WCPSC that they will take a light-handed approach as the West develops new market structures.

The California State Senate passed legislation that would allow the state’s investor-owned utilities to pass through the costs of wildfires to ratepayers.

The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) authorized the state’s investor-owned utilities to recover $738 million for electric vehicles (EV) charging infrastructure.

CAISO is going back to the drawing board to overhaul its reliability-must-run (RMR) program, switching to a “holistic” approach.