FERC last week eliminated the must-offer obligation in effect throughout WECC since the tail-end of the California energy crisis of 2000-2001.

FERC last week agreed to consider whether reporting deficiencies concealed market manipulation that contributed to the Western Energy Crisis of 2000-2001.

Critics say CAISO is moving too quickly in its effort to get a plan for a Western RTO to California lawmakers before legislative session's end.

Iberdrola struck back at a FERC judge’s ruling on their energy crisis supply contract that could subject the company to more than $370 million in penalties.

A FERC judge ruled that Shell and Iberdrola  saddled California consumers with $1.1 billion in excess energy costs at the height of the Western Energy Crisis.