CAISO will seek to protect neighboring balancing authority areas if investor-owned utility members de-energize transmission lines due to wildfire threats.

The judge overseeing PG&E’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy granted a motion to hold off on deciding whether to terminate the utility’s exclusivity period.

Discussions at Infocast's California Energy Summit ran the gamut of energy issues, but mitigating and preventing wildfires in the state took center stage.

FERC reaffirmed that Pacific Gas & Electric participates voluntarily in CAISO and qualifies for hefty financial incentives to remain in the ISO.

FERC ordered Vitol and a senior trader to show cause why they should not be fined for manipulating CAISO’s market to limit losses on the company’s CRRs,

A bill intended to shore up California’s IOUs against wildfire liability raced through the state Legislature and landed on the desk of Gov. Gavin Newsom.

BPA dispelled lingering doubts about its intent to join the Western EIM, but will take time to address stakeholders about how the move will affect them.

The wildfire package that California Gov. Gavin Newsom asked lawmakers to push through cleared two key committees and sailed through the Senate.

A spike in natural gas prices drove up the cost of wholesale electricity in CAISO in Q1 2019, but changes to CRR Auctions appears to be working .

FERC’s request for comments on transmission incentives produced splits between transmission owners and load interests, as well as calls for new policies.