A CAISO market report says high natural gas prices drove a 50% run-up in electricity costs in Q4 2021, hitting the Western Energy Imbalance Market as well.

FERC upheld its finding that CAISO’s temporary wheel-through restrictions do not violate open-access principles and approved a two-year extension of them.

A bill that would close the door to electric retail competition in Arizona has hit a snag in the state legislature.

At least five states passed laws requiring regulators to consider equity in decision-making in 2021. But some groups still feel invisible.

The Arizona Corporation Commission approved a statewide transportation electrification plan developed by utilities and intended to accelerate EV adoption.

NWPP took its first steps implementing its Western Resource Adequacy Program, allowing participants to submit resource data for a “nonbinding” phase.

The Western Energy Imbalance Market racked up $301 million in benefits in the third quarter of 2021, surpassing or approaching yearly totals in 2019 and 2020.

The Palo Verde Generating Station will take part in a U.S. DOE-funded project to use nuclear power to produce hydrogen.

Major Western utilities plan to discuss coordinated market services and the possible formation of an organized market in an exploratory group.

A new report estimates the long-term costs of going green for Arizona ratepayers.