CAISO sent the California Legislature a summary of recent studies of Western regionalization, information intended to aid discussion of the ISO becoming an RTO.

DOE and FERC already have enough authority to site necessary transmission lines under existing laws, according to the authors of a paper on the subject.

Texas regulators' recommended ERCOT market redesign was the primary topic of conversation during Infocast’s 11th ERCOT Market Summit.

Companion bills backed by Gov. Glenn Youngkin that change utility regulation in Virginia easily cleared both chambers of the state legislature.

The Maine Offshore Wind Roadmap is the result of 18 months’ work by 96 committee members studying the concept from every angle.

Texas politicians are making a last-ditch push to save a 37-year-old coal plant in East Texas that they say has another 22 years of useful life.

DTE Energy will need substantial customer rate increases to keep up with its mounting grid reliability and clean energy investments, executives said.

Critics of a Washington bill to impose a road usage fee on electric and hybrid vehicles lined up to testify at the state capitol.

PG&E CEO Patti Poppe said the utility is slowing the pace of its efforts to bury 10,000 miles of distribution lines to prevent wildfire ignitions.

Massachusetts’ Energy and Environmental Affairs office recruited veteran policy makers to fill new positions aimed at improving regional energy collaboration.