California’s three investor-owned utilities asked state officials to protect bundled customers from being saddled with expensive long-term renewable contracts.

Idaho Power and Powerex began transacting in the EIM, bringing to eight the number of members participating in CAISO’s regional real-time market.

A California Senate committee on Tuesday approved a bill that would allow publicly owned utilities that meet certain criteria to run their gas-fired plants at a minimal level to ensure that related bond debt is paid off and not passed to taxpayers.

Peak Reliability and PJM Connext are refining their pitch to convince potential participants to join their proposed Western energy market.

Energy storage and DERs stand to play a bigger role in CAISO's markets, staff said at an all-day workshop on the ISO's ESDER initiative.

CAISO, Pacific Gas and Electric and Calpine have settled their differences over the terms of the reliability-must-run (RMR) agreements.

Pacific Gas & Electric will seek proposals for up to 45 MW of energy storage, energy efficiency and other resources to replace the aging Dynegy Oakland power plant.

Electric vehicles are increasing on California highways, but future growth is dependent on solving critical issues, PUC Commissioner Carla Peterman said.

The Colorado Public Utilities Commission held its fifth public information session on the potential addition of the Mountain West Transmission Group to SPP.

The CAISO Board of Governors approved a controversial proposal on congestion revenue rights and market power mitigation.