The California State Senate’s Appropriations Committee sent a bill that would transform CAISO into an RTO back down to the Rules Committee.

Talk of a Western RTO continued at the 11th annual gathering of the Western Power Issues Roundtable, after several shakeups in the Western Interconnection.

California’s three investor-owned utilities want lawmakers to limit their liability for wildfires sparked by power lines.

CPUC President Michael Picker told California lawmakers that the commission is increasingly focused on wildfire prevention.

A forecasting error is prompting CAISO to procure a large volume of out-of-market resources for September under a special measure.

The Western Energy Imbalance Market saw financial benefits soar to a record $71.2 million in the second quarter, according to a CAISO report.

FERC granted GridLiance West incentive rate treatments for upgrades to a Nevada transmission line that connects to the CAISO grid.

CAISO’s push to become a reliability coordinator (RC) passed its first milestone after its Board of Governors approved the proposed rate design.

Peak Reliability said that it will wind down its role as a Reliability Coordinator and end its joint venture with PJM to form a western electricity market.

CAISO EIM officials approved a proposal to prevent market participants outside Ca. from skirting the state’s greenhouse gas (GHG) compliance obligations.