California officials asked SCE to show humility in its approach to the January wildfires in Los Angeles and probed PG&E about its safety culture after the utility’s 2019 bankruptcy during an interagency briefing hosted by the California Public Utilities Commission .

The Oregon Public Utility Commission approved wildfire mitigation plans proposed by the state’s three investor-owned utilities and supported staff recommendations the commission said the utilities should implement.

The Oregon House of Representatives voted in favor of a bill that would require data center developers to shoulder a larger share of their own energy costs in an effort to mitigate risk to smaller consumers.

Panelists at the CREPC-WIRAB spring meeting argued over whether the West would benefit more from a day-ahead market run by CAISO or with another run by SPP.

CAISO issued its final plan to add a day-ahead market to its real-time Energy Imbalance Market, and PacifiCorp said it would join if the plan is approved.

The Oregon PUC voted to move ahead with a proposal to amend utility wildfire mitigation plans despite concerns about joint inspections of utilities' poles.