During a meeting of the Western Conference of Public Service Commissioners, regulators shared strategies for dealing with heat waves, cold snaps and wildfires.

FERC accepted penalties against a number of entities, including Entergy and the Tennessee Valley Authority, for violations of NERC reliability standards.

Utility wildfire experts told WECC last week that another expected year of hot, dry weather will increase the danger of major fires in California, Arizona and the Pacific Northwest that could threaten the electric grid during the West’s annual fire season. "If you look at any of the indices across...