CAISO extended an electric transmission emergency in Ventura County because of raging wildfires in Southern California.

PJM and reliability coordinator Peak Reliability announced Thursday they will explore the development of electric markets and other services in the West.

The EIM Governing Body approved a set of market initiatives that represents a narrowed-down version of a package CAISO had proposed.

The loss of three natural gas pipelines is creating major concerns about Southern California’s gas and electricity supplies.

Speakers at a CAISO Regional Issues Forum discussed their approach to effectively integrating hydropower, coal and jointly owned plants into the EIM.

FERC approved CAISO’s request to extend temporary market measures instituted last year in response to the closure of Aliso Canyon.

CAISO and PG&E are opposing the terms of a reliability-must-run (RMR) agreement for 2 California natural gas-fired plants that Calpine submitted with FERC.

California ethics officials have obtained new evidence of apparent back-channel communications between PG&E and the state Public Utilities Commission.

State regulators and transmission customers of Southern California Edison urged FERC to reject the utility’s requested rate hike for 2018.

FERC upheld a previous ruling covering Order 1000 cost allocation in the WestConnect planning region, adding further explanation of its reasoning.