Utilities are at the epicenter of public battles between the California PUC and its critics over wildfires, public safety and ethics.

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.

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

PG&E says it will challenge a California ALJ’s recommendation that it be granted only $190 million for the retirement of the Diablo Canyon nuclear plant.

A CAISO report suggests that California’s utilities are about 2,000 MW short of the capacity needed to comply with 2018 local resource adequacy requirements

Utilities are dealing with several wildfire-related proceedings at the California Public Utilities Commission, which is exploring taking a larger role.

Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) earnings jumped 42% to $550 million during the third quarter ($1.07/share), boosted in large part by reduced expenses.

FERC approved CAISO Tariff changes to establish a process for procuring black start resources needed to restore California’s transmission system.

The CAISO-run Western EIM has increased the operational flexibility of the region’s utilities, panelists said at the Infocast Transmission Summit West.