Backers of manufactured methane say it could replace natural gas and help California meet its goal of 100% carbon neutrality by midcentury.

WECC should zero in on issues specific to the Western system when it sets near-term priorities for 2021 and 2022, stakeholders said at a workshop.

Sadness over the recent death of Robert Kahn suffused this year’s NIPPC annual meeting, where speakers remembered and praised the energy veteran.

The spring joint meeting of the Committee on Regional Electric Power Cooperation and the Western Interconnection Regional Advisory Body focused on grid reliability and protecting crucial infrastructure.

Arizona Public Service and Puget Sound Energy have moved a step closer to linking up with CAISO’s Energy Imbalance Market (EIM).

A study suggests CAISO’s expansion into a multistate RTO could save Western ratepayers billions while helping meet emission-reduction goals.

Advanced energy storage is ready to move beyond pilot projects and into day-to-day operations. But it will take rule changes and cost reductions for the technologies to reach their potential.