December 24, 2024
Henrik Nilsson
Western Correspondent
Henrik started his journalism career in Sweden before moving to the U.S. in 2019. Prior to joining RTO Insider, he covered legal affairs and energy policy for various publications, including Energy Policy News and Law360. He holds two bachelor's degrees in Human Rights and Journalism from Lund University, as well as a master's degree in Global Political Economy from Stockholm University. Outside of work, you can find him either watching Netflix with his wife, camping or dodging cars during one of his daily runs through the streets of Los Angeles.

Recent Articles
Feds Sue PacifiCorp over 2020 Oregon Wildfire
The U.S. government alleges that PacifiCorp's failure to maintain its power line equipment caused the 2020 Archie Creek Fire that burned over 131,000 acres and resulted in hundreds of millions of dollars in damages to federal lands.
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California PUC Votes to Keep Aliso Canyon Open, for Now
California regulators voted to keep the Aliso Canyon Natural Gas Storage Facility running, saying the site of a massive gas leak in 2015 remains necessary to maintain reliability and reasonable rates.
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BPA Touts Markets+ in Response to Seattle City Light Opposition
The Bonneville Power Administration continued to argue that SPP’s Markets+ is preferable to CAISO’s EDAM, stating in a letter to Seattle City Light that potential benefits of a single West-wide market footprint must be viewed with “significant skepticism."
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LADWP Gets Board’s OK to Join CAISO’s EDAM
The Los Angeles Board of Water and Power Commissioners gave the go-ahead for LADWP to join CAISO’s EDAM, in a move expected to increase the utility’s annual net revenue by almost $40 million.
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DOE Offers $15B Loan to PG&E to Support Reliability Goals
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Loan Programs Office announced a $15 billion conditional loan commitment to Pacific Gas & Electric to improve the California-based utility’s energy infrastructure and support clean energy initiatives.
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