The California Public Utilities Commission is considering whether new rate tariffs are needed for data center customers and other large-load customers to prevent stranded costs and cost-shifting.

FERC approved an agreement between Southern California Edison and Longroad Development Co. regarding interconnection of a 500-MW battery energy storage project, with one commissioner acknowledging Longroad remains “between a rock and a hard place.”

CAISO’s Extended Day-Ahead Market is on schedule to launch May 1 with PacifiCorp as its first participant, as the new market goes through a third and final phase of parallel operations testing before starting.

CAISO’s draft 2025/26 transmission plan proposes more than $1 billion for an infrastructure project that would power new data centers and other large loads in Silicon Valley.

Artificial intelligence will replace most traditional utility planning and operational processes within a decade, says Josh Wong, CEO of ThinkLabs AI.

CAISO is moving toward approval of an $8.5 million financing plan for the Regional Organization for Western Energy’s start-up costs.

The California Public Utilities Commission ordered 6 GW of new capacity to meet forecast data center and electric vehicle loads — among other new demand — in the state.

Edison International earnings rose nearly 32% in 2025 despite the uncertainty swirling around its Southern California Edison subsidiary, which has been implicated in sparking the January 2025 Eaton Fire

California continues to add in-state renewable energy resources, but the transmission upgrades needed to bring those projects online have been lagging behind, according to the Public Utilities Commission.

FERC largely approved compliance filings by three California investor-owned utilities related to interconnection queue requirements.