Trees contacting Pacific Gas and Electric distribution lines caused four Northern California wildfires last year that burned about 9,400 acres, state investigators said.

California will need between 229,000 and 279,000 electric vehicle chargers at locations other than single-family homes by 2025, the California Energy Commission said.

CAISO’s first-quarter (Q1) revenues were $1.2 million more than it had budgeted, primarily because of entrance fees it collected for the EIM.

CAISO is proposing to quadruple the number of hours in its time horizon for short-term commitment of generation units to better address load peaks that occur later in the day when solar output drops off the grid.

The rapid growth of community choice aggregators (CCAs) in California has sparked criticism that they are “boutique” options catering to wealthier communities.

Speakers at the Infocast California Energy Summit said the state’s grid reliability will be increasingly at risk if it doesn’t soon address resource adequacy planning.

The CAISO Board of Governors new imbalance conformance rules allow the ISO to account for errors in renewable energy forecasts.

FERC rejected a request for rehearing by several Pacific Gas and Electric transmission customers.

FERC will be closely monitoring ERCOT and Southern California this summer as most of the country faces the likelihood of above-normal temperatures.

CAISO is taking comment on the latest revisions to its ongoing policy initiative to better facilitate the participation of energy storage and DER in its markets.