FERC commissioners told an audience of Western stakeholders and regulators that they back the formation of a Western RTO; California can't go it alone.

A plan that will serve as a roadmap for California to reach its decarbonization goal may be delayed as a committee asks for more time to finish its work.

California needs a big scale-up to 1.2 million public EV chargers by 2030, but building charging infrastructure has been painfully slow, developers say.

Increased discussion of a Western RTO is being driven by clean-energy mandates and state laws requiring transmission owners to join an organized market.

Car manufacturers selling in states that follow California’s ZEV regulations would be able to transfer ZEV credits among states under a new CARB proposal.

CAISO paused its WEIM EDAM effort last year but renewed it Wednesday amid a growing push for greater Western regionalization and market coordination.

A California Energy Commission workshop explored ways that grid-interactive efficient buildings can contribute to carbon reduction goals.

PG&E de-energized power lines in California as high winds and drought raised the risk of wildfires, but it was able to keep its latest PSPS more limited.

The California PUC began investigating the safety practices of gas and electric utilities under its jurisdiction to head off disasters.

The California Energy Commission updated its midterm reliability analysis for 2022-2026, concluding California has enough capacity without adding fossil fuels.