A Washington state man who already was accused of damaging electric substations in Oregon now is charged with attacking multiple facilities in his home state.

As the Department of Energy explores using federal land for data centers powered by nuclear power, experts say public-private risk-sharing will be crucial to make nuclear a viable option.

Regional initiatives aimed at increasing coordination and collaboration among power entities in the West are essential to tackle mounting technical and political challenges, panelists said during a discussion at the spring joint CREPC-WIRAB meeting.

BPA's day-ahead market decision will have “major reliability and affordability impacts” on electricity customers in the Northwest and across the West, CAISO CEO Elliot Mainzer told the ISO’s Board of Governors

With data centers already causing “major disturbances” on the grid, the industry could learn lessons from the recent growth and implementation of IBRs, according to a new Elevate Energy Consulting study.

BPA has temporarily paused certain transmission planning processes to consider new reforms in light of “exponential growth” of transmission service requests, staff told stakeholders during a workshop.

Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson signed an executive order to create a team that will explore the impact of data center growth on the Evergreen State.

NERC's monthly spreadsheet notice of penalty listed 22 infringements of facility ratings standards across multiple regions.

Stakeholders said they are inching closer to developing the scenarios that will inform the Western Transmission Expansion Coalition’s transmission planning study.