California must find new approaches to long-term forecasting and collaboration, speakers said at a California Energy Commission workshop.

The Analysis Group will delay the release of a carbon pricing study expected to be completed this month, CEO Rich Dewey told the Management Committee.

SPP CEO Nick Brown told the board and Members Committee that a recent FERC-NERC report confirmed the RTO’s position on MISO’s use of its system.

MISO is still reviewing FERC’s recent proposal that NERC develop cold weather reliability standards.

CAISO will seek to protect neighboring balancing authority areas if investor-owned utility members de-energize transmission lines due to wildfire threats.

SPP asked MOPC members to provide their input on a proposal to consolidate the 16 stakeholder groups that report to the committee.

FERC called for reliability rules requiring generator owners to winterize units, citing a cold snap that caused MISO and SPP to seek load reductions.

The increasing number of billion-dollar wildfires, floods and hurricanes has some suggesting an end to the universal service model.

Four of New York’s utilities will collectively see their revenues reduced by $7 million for failing to meet reliability and customer service requirements.

NERC is looking for a new CFO and general counsel, allowing CEO Jim Robb to reshape the organization’s senior management as he enters his second year.