The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approved 4-1 a proposed rulemaking that would give California and other states a larger role...
The Assembly Utilities & Energy Committee on April 20 passed legislation to expand private utilities’ access to ratepayer-backed bonds and...
The state Senate energy committee has approved legislation to accelerate the undergrounding of overhead power lines to reduce fire and...
Significant amounts of energy storage with continuous output of eight hours and far longer will be needed to reach a...
California may face up to a 90% growth in electricity demand to meet its economy-wide zero emissions by 2045 goal,...
For the first time, the California grid operator has released a draft 20-year plan for a grid that supports total...
Federal energy regulators rejected Pacific Gas & Electric’s request to swiftly recoup $6 million it spent downscaling three transmission projects...
The newly reinitiated stakeholder process to build a Western Day-Ahead Market took two steps forward that shows the California Independent...
SB 100 set clean power goals for California, providing a clear and bold statement of the state’s commitment to global...
The plan to swap out the polluting Oakland Energy Center with battery storage this coming January has been delayed because...
The California-led real-time Energy Imbalance Market has delivered significant savings to Western power providers, but other regions’ market ambitions are...
Strong dry offshore winds resulted in Pacific Gas & Electric shutting off power to 25,000 customers in 20 counties starting...
Updated Oct. 13 A dozen utilities from Puget Sound to Colorado have announced they’re exploring the formation of a western-wide...
Staff at the California Public Utilities Commission and Energy Commission are required by law and executive order to ratchet down...
Edison International added its voice to warnings that California will not reach its greenhouse gas reduction mandate set for 2030...
The California grid operator is keeping close tabs on climate crisis-driven wildfires and outage uncertainties while looking down the road...
The state grid operator and a federal regulator both point to the fallout from a shortage of supply cushions to...
In what could be a meaningful coincidence, the California grid operator approved costly reliability ‘must run’ contracts Sept 23 on...
The California grid operator is posed to approve a round of reliability must run annual contracts for gas-fired power plants...
Updated Sept. 23 Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation providing more than $15 billion to reduce the impacts of the climate...