The California Energy Commission approved a major update to the state's building code, establishing new requirements for houses and business buildings.

California’s push to 100% clean energy by 2045 will require an area roughly the size of the cities of Los Angeles, San Diego and San Francisco combined.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed an emergency declaration aimed at keeping the lights on this summer by waiving clean-air rules and paying more for demand response.

The West needs new transmission near term and far more in the long term for California to meets its goal to provide customers with 100% clean energy.

Officials at a SEPA webinar discussed a transactive market platform pilot in California that proactively helps shift load and save customers money.

California utilities are finding ways to overcome the financial barriers to electrifying residences as the state pursues its net zero goals.

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

In a rare move, CAISO will use its capacity procurement mechanism to obtain more resources after other measures fell short, threatening summer blackouts.

The California PUC ordered an additional 11.5 GW of procurement by mid-decade but backpedaled on a plan to include up to 1,500 MW of fossil fuel generation in the mix.

Green hydrogen could have a big role in decarbonizing the West's energy systems, according to panelists at the annual meeting of the Western Conference of Public Service Commissioners.