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The four U.S. senators representing Oregon and Washington contend BPA has failed to make a financial case for joining Markets+, a condition they say should be the key driver of the agency’s decision to participate in a Western day-ahead market.
The Los Angeles Board of Water and Power Commissioners gave the go-ahead for LADWP to join CAISO’s EDAM, in a move expected to increase the utility’s annual net revenue by almost $40 million.
As clean energy development challenges in New England have mounted over the past several years, Massachusetts agencies are facing a massive influx of alternative compliance payments from electricity suppliers to meet the state’s array of clean electricity standards.
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Loan Programs Office announced a $15 billion conditional loan commitment to Pacific Gas & Electric to improve the California-based utility’s energy infrastructure and support clean energy initiatives.
Stakeholders said they are inching closer to developing the scenarios that will inform the Western Transmission Expansion Coalition’s transmission planning study.
While 2024 brought notable success on state-level climate policy in Massachusetts, 2025 brings significant uncertainty regarding whether the change in federal administration will slow the momentum of the clean energy transition in the region.
Permitting reform legislation is dead this Congress and the new Republican majority will have to work on a new bill next session. Despite the GOP's control of the Senate next session, it will need votes from Democrats to pass any reforms.
Speakers at a PJM Public Interest and Environmental Organizations User Group meeting said the growth of local transmission projects is a major contributor to grid upgrades making up an increasing share of rates.
To meet the power demand posed by data centers in the Northwest, stakeholders must collaborate to efficiently invest capital and explore controversial solutions like establishing a regional transmission organization in the West, panelists said in a webinar.
The MISO Board of Directors approved a landmark, 24-project, mostly 765-kV collection of transmission lines and facilities for the RTO’s Midwest region at a cost of $21.8 billion.
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