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Pacific Coast Leaders Reunite to Accelerate Clean Energy, Prioritize Equity
The heads of the three west coast states and British Columbia renewed and strengthened their vows made five years ago...
CAISO Regional Market Design Details Emerge, Big Questions Remain
The newly reinitiated stakeholder process to build a Western Day-Ahead Market took two steps forward that shows the California Independent...
Shorts
Pacific Gas & Electric seeks $1.47 billion from ratepayers for wildfire liability costs detailed in its 2021 Wildfire Mitigation Plan....
5,000 MW Shortage Possible Next Summer
If drought and extreme heat continue into next year, the shortfall on the California grid from high summer heat could...
CAISO Launches Initiative to Better Serve Western Grid, Raises Priority Conflicts
Under recently approved market changes, the California Independent System Operator seeks to double down to protect reliability in the states...
News Roundup: CAISO Calls for Conservation, PG&E Reaches 10M Securities Settlement
Updated Feb. 18 In a reversal of high heat and demand causing rolling blackouts in California, Texas suffered far larger...
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...
CAISO’s Energy Imbalance Market Has Taken Big Steps but Faces Competition
California’s energy imbalance market had a good 2020. It passed $1 billion in total benefits, added two powerhouse participants, and...
CAISO Executive Redo Launched
The new chief of the California Independent System Operator, Elliot Mainzer, announced an executive reorganization Nov. 6. It switches around...
Less Demand and Cleaner Options Spell Lower 2019 Costs for CAISO
The California Independent System Operator saw a whopping 17% reduction in overall wholesale electricity market costs in 2019 compared to...
The Buzz
Landowners' legal challenge to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s practice of allowing land to be seized for a pipeline before...
CAISO Chief Laments Lack of Regional Market & Supply Imbalance
Falling sun and wind resources occurring as demand rises, particularly in the evenings, has created a worsening supply gap. It...
The Buzz
The California Public Utilities Commission says goodbye to President Mike Picker. The five commissioners also approve new decade-long energy efficiency...
JUICE: Sailing to Grid Regionalization
The announcement by California’s transmission operator that it will become the regional coordinator, not only in its territory, but across...
Opinionated: Remaking the Grid
Q & A with Lorenzo Kristov The California Independent System Operator’s former principal of market design and infrastructure policy PART...
CAISO Chief Laments Grid Regionalization Bill Failure
The grid operator’s chief executive officer went off script in his report to board this week to lambaste those who...
Clashing Views on Power Industry Emissions
A legislative hearing on tracking carbon from electrons delivered to Californians quickly turned into a debate about grid regionalization and...
Juice: Centralizing to Decentralize
As community choice aggregation, distributed generation, and interest by companies in making or purchasing their own power rise, California energy...
Juice: Parsing AB 813
Suddenly, all eyes are turned toward the likely prospect California lawmakers will soon enable a regionalized western power grid and...
Undercurrents: Grid Regionalization Legislation Rises
Grid regionalization legislation appears to be back on the table, with draft language being circulated in Sacramento by Assembly Utilities...