Wildfires have burned nearly 4 million acres in California this year, but there’s little indication utility equipment played a role.

NextEra Energy Transmission will pay $660 million to acquire independent transmission company GridLiance.

FERC said NextEra’s Crystal Lake II wind farm in Iowa may be improperly including O&M costs and transmission-related expenses in its reactive power rates.

Ratepayer advocates challenged the PJM board to take action against Exelon and FirstEnergy, accused of bribing legislators in Illinois and Ohio, respectively.

NRG Energy advised ERCOT that it plans to mothball its Petra Nova Power plant, centerpiece of the world’s largest carbon-capture facility.

FERC denied LG&E and KU’s request for rehearing of its order rejecting the company’s proposed transition for exiting from market power mitigation measures.

FERC ruled Avista violated its own tariff by requiring BPA to acquire additional firm point-to-point transmission service to self-supply operating reserves.

FERC denied a request from Green Mountain Power for a waiver of ISO-NE’s revised definition of settlement-only resources.

FERC set hearing and settlement judge procedures for Xcel Energy’s formal challenge to GridLiance High Plains’ proposed annual transmission revenue requirement.

FERC opened an investigation into the justness and reasonableness of Basin Electric Power Cooperative’s 2020 rate schedule and the wholesale power contracts.