New England is up to the task of managing the tough challenges facing its wholesale market and grid, speakers said at the New England Energy Conference and Exposition.

The budding efforts to increase the energy efficiency of U.S. marijuana operations will become increasingly critical as the commodity grows into a global market, energy industry experts said Monday.

The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) authorized the state’s investor-owned utilities to recover $738 million for electric vehicles (EV) charging infrastructure.

California will need between 229,000 and 279,000 electric vehicle chargers at locations other than single-family homes by 2025, the California Energy Commission said.

CAISO is taking comment on the latest revisions to its ongoing policy initiative to better facilitate the participation of energy storage and DER in its markets.

The Energy Bar Association closed its annual meeting with an entertaining panel discussion with five former FERC chairs.

The California Energy Commission (CEC) unanimously approved a mandate requiring new homes in the Golden State to include rooftop solar.

Connecticut’s General Assembly passed a bill that doubles the renewable portfolio standard to 40% by 2030 while also revoking net metering guarantees.

The New York ISO (NYISO) faces increasing penetration of intermittent distributed energy resources (DER), declining load, all-time low energy prices and the need to replace aging generation.

The Gulf Coast Power Association (GCPA) annual spring conference drew almost 400 attendees to the so-called Energy Capital of the World.