The Western Energy Imbalance Market racked up $301 million in benefits in the third quarter of 2021, surpassing or approaching yearly totals in 2019 and 2020.

There’s a growing consensus in the West that green hydrogen could play a key role in decarbonizing the region’s energy system, but questions still loom around exactly how the fuel will be used in that effort.

The Palo Verde Generating Station will take part in a U.S. DOE-funded project to use nuclear power to produce hydrogen.

A Smart Energy Week panel said a decarbonized grid will need long-term storage "time machines" to move energy from when it's produced to when it's needed.

Energy efficiency plays a crucial role in decarbonization because it can reduce costs as demand for electricity grows, panelists said in a CEC workshop.

Decarbonizing the U.S. grid will also mean overcoming communities’ aesthetic objections to large projects, Seattle City Light CEO Debra Smith told SEPA.

CAISO issued a grid warning Thursday after generators tripped offline during a record-breaking heat wave across the Southwest and much of California. “CAISO is forecasting a resources deficiency with all available resources in use or forecasted to be in use for the specified time period,” the ISO said in its warning notice. The warning was …

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Utility wildfire experts told WECC that another expected year of hot, dry weather will increase the danger of major fires in the West.

CAISO's EIM provided its members $101.01 million in economic benefits during the first three months of 2021, an increase of 75% over a year ago.

Western states must work together to build transmission avoid blackouts, Idaho Power CEO Lisa Grow and CAISO CEO Elliot Mainzer agreed.