Hawaii's PUC approved construction of the West Kauai Energy Project, a pumped storage hydropower project designed to produce 110 GWh of annual output.

A university researcher says an RTO Insider article ignored research showing Canadian hydropower is one of the lowest-emission energy sources available.

FERC threatened to fine the former operator of a New York hydro project for failing to complete safety repairs before losing its rights to the dam.

First Nation members held a webinar to explain their opposition to a new transmission line to bring Hydro-Québec’s electricity to New England.

Washington’s first pumped storage generator is expected to go online between 2028 and 2030, if it can obtain the needed state and federal approvals.

Western drought has caused historically low water levels at hydropower facilities, including Lake Mead behind Hoover Dam and PG&E's major reservoirs.

The U.S. and Canada signed an MOU on grid expansion collaboration and released a report promoting a massive buildout of transmission across North America.

Oregon lawmakers approved a bill requiring major utilities to rely solely on clean energy in 2040, making the West Coast carbon-free by midcentury.

A drought in the West is cutting into hydropower supplies needed for summer reliability, especially in California, panelists in a USEA briefing said.

The Efficient Grid Interconnection Act would require FERC to revise rules on cost allocation and push RTOs and ISOs to consider grid-enhancing technologies.