CAISO moved to update its rules to make it easier for energy storage and distributed energy resources (ESDER) to participate efficiently in its markets.

Order 890’s transparency provisions do not apply to asset management projects that provide only “incidental” increases in transmission capacity, FERC ruled.

SB 901, a controversial bill to help California utilities pay for wildfires cleared the State Legislature and was sent to Gov. Jerry Brown.

A measure to expand CAISO into an RTO for Western states failed to clear the legislature for the third time in three years.

A bill that would require California to get 100% of its power from renewable and other zero-carbon resources by 2045 passed a major hurdle.

The California legislature passed a conference committee report on SB 901 Tuesday night to protect consumers and help utilities pay for wildfire damages.

FERC denied Southern California Edison’s proposal to treat its energy storage customers differently from its retail and wholesale ratepayers.

FERC instructed Pacific Gas and Electric and the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) to brief it on whether Cal. law allows PG&E to quit CAISO.

SPP will be a key player in the Western Interconnection, having agreed to administer a tariff that mitigates congestion via controllable devices.

Public Service Company of New Mexico (PNM) has applied to join the Energy Imbalance Market by 2021, the EIM Governing Body learned.