NERC recommended a $10M fine on Duke Energy for repeated violations of critical infrastructure protection (CIP) reliability standards over 3+ years.

A judge delayed his decision to impose new probation conditions on Pacific Gas and Electric in its criminal case for the 2010 San Bruno gas line explosion.

A lawyer for PG&E said the utility did file for bankruptcy to ensure it is able to compensate the victims of wildfires that ravaged Northern California.

NERC has recommended a $10M fine on a utility for violations of critical infrastructure protection reliability standards over more than three years.

FERC Commissioner Cheryl LaFleur announced she was “no longer seeking” a third term and would leave the commission by the end of the year.

FERC rejected NEPOOL’s attempt to bar members of the press from membership, but left intact — for now, at least — rules barring reporting on proceedings.

FERC said it shares authority with the federal court over any power purchase agreements Pacific Gas and Electric seeks to modify as part of its bankruptcy.

The NERC Standards Committee unanimously voted to authorize the standards drafting team to consider the retirements of more than 30 reliability standards.

The Hoopa Valley Tribe scored a victory after the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled FERC must act on licensing review for the Klamath Hydro Project.

The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals denied a petition by North Carolina to overturn several FERC decisions that kept the state from acquiring the system of dams on the Yadkin River.