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Final Blackout Study Calls for More Reserves, Warns of Diablo & Pacific Line Risk
Details on the key causes of the mid-August blackouts are out, and consistent with an earlier analysis. They highlight market...
Edison Reimagines California’s Distribution System
Distributed energy’s explosive growth makes integrating it in a way that supports the power system critical, according to a new...
The Buzz
Liane Randolph, who has been at the California Public Utilities Commission for the last five years is making a big...
JUICE: CAISO Board’s First Woman Chair Focuses on Renewable Integration
The California Independent System Operator is charged with operating 80% of the state’s massive electric highway. The first board of...
Integrating Variable Resources and Flexible Demand
What is the best way to mix in growing levels of intermittent renewable resources in networks such as California's, as...
The Buzz
State utility regulators aim to move on demand side resources to avoid outages when it is roasting hot next summer....
CPUC Will Scour for Demand Side Resources
In order to avoid a replay of rolling blackouts next summer, the California Public Utilities Commission voted unanimously to expedite...
New Energy Providers Join Forces Against Entrenched Agency Rules
Bureaucratic red tape at the California Public Utilities Commission prevented East Bay Community Energy from contracting for clean, behind-the-meter electricity...
Lawmakers Told Grid Imbalances Can Be Solved by Next Summer
The California Assembly Utilities & Energy Committee Vice Chair Jim Patterson (R-Fresno) castigated the state’s three energy agencies at a...
The Buzz
Groundbreaking action by federal regulators requires grid operators to open their doors to aggregated power from energy storage, solar rooftops,...
Juice: Scrutiny of Demand Response Failures Needed
The analysis of the rolling blackouts is in the works but there was advanced warning of some serious systematic problems,...
The Cause of California’s Blackouts
Under Gov. Gavin Newsom’s order, the California Public Utilities Commission has initiated a “root-cause analysis” of the state’s August 14-15...
Withered Demand Response Blamed for Rolling Outages
The grid operator, state energy regulators and utilities largely abandoned demand response that would have provided enough electricity to avert...
Speedy Analysis of Rolling Blackouts Ordered
Gov. Gavin Newsom ordered the heads of the California Public Utilities Commission, Independent System Operator and California Energy Commission to...
The Buzz
The California Public Utilities Commission seeks ways to ease the suffering of ratepayers and alternative energy companies and their workers...
CPUC Strives to Wring Progress out of Pandemic
An April 23 workshop at the California Public Utilities Commission on Covid-19 and its fallout was a study in pain....
The Buzz
The Energy Commission approves city ordinances that beat state building efficiency rules. It applauds California cities working to reduce greenhouse...
Oregon Opposition Stalls FERC’s LNG Project OK
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Feb. 20 tentatively voted 2-1 against approving what would be the first LNG project on...
Democrats Object to FERC Appointee Hearing
In spite of no action by the White House on the unfilled Democratic seat at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,...
Newsom Acts on Last Round of Energy Bills
California may soon have smart appliances that can be automatically turned off and on by energy companies to match their...