The California legislature passed a conference committee report on SB 901 Tuesday night to protect consumers and help utilities pay for wildfire damages.

Lawmakers have unveiled a new plan to help California’s investor-owned utilities cover the costs of wildfires sparked by transmission lines.

FERC instructed Pacific Gas and Electric and the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) to brief it on whether Cal. law allows PG&E to quit CAISO.

A measure to replace generating capacity and limit economic disruption from the retirement of Diablo Canyon is headed to California Gov. Jerry Brown.

An unpopular proposal by California Gov. Jerry Brown to limit the liability of utilities for wildfire damage has been tabled for now.

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.

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