CAISO stakeholders are still wary of the new proposed wheel-through provisions the ISO has submitted to FERC for clarity on the complex issue.

CAISO’s board approved limits on wheel-throughs during strained system conditions, despite opposition from utilities and the EIM Governing Body.

NextEra Energy said its acquisition of GridLiance furthers its strategy to be “North America's leading competitive transmission provider.”

The Western EIM Governing Body rejected CAISO’s proposal to head off summer capacity shortfalls by limiting wheel-throughs during times of scarcity.

FERC Chair Richard Glick and NERC CEO James Robb: The West needs to build transmission lines to connect renewable resources to load.

FERC approved incentive rates for a project to upgrade the Citizens-S Line, an 18-mile wooden-pole transmission line in Southern Calif., to steel towers.

FERC approved a settlement between CAISO and the operator of the aging 27.5-MW Channel Islands cogeneration facility over a reliability must-run agreement.

FERC voted to approve a supplemental NOPR that would scale back a transmission rate adder designed to encourage utilities to join RTOs.

The CEC has taken a step toward making millions of households part of demand response efforts designed to avoid blackouts.

Western states must work together to build transmission avoid blackouts, Idaho Power CEO Lisa Grow and CAISO CEO Elliot Mainzer agreed.