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The California PUC greenlit a major expansion of the state’s EV charging program and approved contracts signed by investor-owned utilities to procure 1.2 GW of battery storage. | SCE
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An ugly feud between the members of the California PUC and its executive director, Alice Stebbins, played out in public during an online hearing. | © RTO Insider
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Observers cited dependence on imports, underperformance of natural gas and wind, and market manipulation as possible causes of California’s recent blackouts. | © RTO Insider
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CAISO presented its final proposal in the last phase of its five-year effort to make it easier for energy storage and distributed energy resources to participate in its markets. | Southern California Edison
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The COVID-19 pandemic and accompanying recession will significantly reduce electricity demand in California through 2023, the state’s Energy Commission predicted. | California Energy Commission
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PGE said that it suffered $127 million in losses from wholesale electricity trades because of recent volatility in the California energy market. | Sherman County, Ore.
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CAISO and the California PUC and Energy Commission explained to Gov. Gavin Newsom why the state had two days of rolling blackouts recently. | U.S. Navy
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The fall season, when utility equipment tends to start fires, is coming fast, and California regulators and reliability coordinators want utilities to be ready. | Cal Fire
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A grueling heat wave that caused rolling blackouts and sparked wildfires across California is expected to abate somewhat starting Thursday, potentially easing the strain on CAISO. | NASA
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CAISO said millions of residents could be blacked out this week because it does not have enough power to meet demand during the Western heat wave.
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CAISO declared a Stage 3 emergency for two hours Friday night and again Saturday, ordering rolling blackouts across the service territories of the state’s three big investor-owned utilities. | National Park Service
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The California Energy Commission will stick to the path of electrifying buildings despite a legal challenge filed against it by SoCalGas, the agency’s chair said.
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The COVID-19 pandemic is having little impact on BPA’s financial health, with FY 2020 net income projected to easily exceed a worst-case scenario outlined last quarter. | BPA
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California will need to double the pace of EV sales and install millions of chargers to meet its goals, researchers told the state’s Energy Commission. | California Energy Commission
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CAISO named the head of BPA as its new chief Thursday, a move that could help further the expansion of the Western EIM and increase its regional influence. | © RTO Insider
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FERC found Idaho Power had satisfied standards for market-based rate authority and terminated a proceeding it had ordered to find out if the utility was exercising market power in its BAA. | Idaho Power
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CAISO’s proposal to develop new capacity products through its day-ahead market enhancements initiative may not yield expected benefits, a key skeptic of the plan says. | CAISO
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