In a rare move, CAISO will use its capacity procurement mechanism to obtain more resources after other measures fell short, threatening summer blackouts.

Panelists on the CalCCA webinar shared advice on how to keep EV charger costs low and access high for apartment dwellers.

CARB board members sounded off​​​​ on a scoping plan that will serve as a roadmap for the state to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2045.

The California PUC ordered an additional 11.5 GW of procurement by mid-decade but backpedaled on a plan to include up to 1,500 MW of fossil fuel generation in the mix.

FERC Chairman Richard Glick says "the time is right for the states, the region’s utilities and other key stakeholders" to form one or more Western RTOs.

FERC approved the transfer of the 169-MW Klamath Hydroelectric Project’s license from PacifiCorp to a group of parties that will decommission the dams.

CAISO issued a grid warning Thursday after generators tripped offline during a record-breaking heat wave across the Southwest and much of California.  “CAISO is forecasting a resources deficiency with all available resources in use or forecasted to be in use for the specified time period,” the ISO said in its warning notice.  The warning was …

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California truck buyers snapped up $84 million in state-offered clean vehicle purchase incentives within hours of their release.

A spate of transmission projects is in the works to move renewables from remote regions of the West to urban load centers.

During a meeting of the Western Conference of Public Service Commissioners, regulators shared strategies for dealing with heat waves, cold snaps and wildfires.