FERC Commissioners Cheryl LaFleur and Richard Glick told state regulators at the annual meeting of the WCPSC that they will take a light-handed approach as the West develops new market structures.

Grid Operators for the three RTOs vying to organize Western electricity markets faced off before an audience of utility regulators in what one state commissioner billed a “beauty pageant.”

California lawmakers moved forward with several pieces of energy legislation, but items such as a 100% RPS and CAISO regionalization seem to be on hold.

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

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

CAISO officials on Wednesday urged California lawmakers to pass legislation that would convert the grid operator into an RTO.

CAISO's Extended Day-Ahead Market proposal could be done without the political entanglements involved with an RTO, Sarah Edmonds said.

Westerners still hold some “anxiety” and “hesitancy” about a new RTO in the region, says EIM Governing Body Chair Doug Howe.

At a meeting of the Western Power Trading Forum, PJM CEO Andy Ott sat down with RTO Insider to discuss the new Peak Reliability/PJM Connext market proposal.

Peak Reliability and PJM officials promoted the independent and self-governing nature of their proposed Western energy market.