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.

Berkshire Hathaway Energy to break ground on a California demonstration plant to extract lithium from brine pumped from geothermal wells.

California’s goal of 100% renewables by 2045 makes a suggested offshore wind development target of at least 10 GW insufficient, a major developer said.

The Biden administration announced plans to offer leases for California’s first offshore wind areas, plots big enough for 4.6 GW of generation.

California’s job growth in electric transportation is accelerating, a trend that could be further fueled by extraction of lithium from the Salton Sea.