Columnist Steve Huntoon argues that California's ambitious renewable energy and storage targets would actually make the state more vulnerable to blackouts.

EIM stakeholders broadly support a proposal that would expand the Governing Body’s approval authority and grant it a “more collaborative” relationship with CAISO’s board.

Heat waves and capacity shortfalls have slowed an effort by the Western EIM to expand from a real-time interstate trading forum to a day-ahead market.

CAISO’s Market Surveillance Committee said the ISO needs to consider implementing scarcity pricing as a way to obtain energy during heat waves and supply shortages.

CalCCA called on California Gov. Gavin Newsom to appoint an independent panel to review a pending report on the causes of the Aug. 14-15 rolling blackouts.

Smart building design can play a central role in California’s drive to decarbonize, according to a panel convened by the Energy Commission.

PG&E turned off power for nearly half a million residents to prevent line-sparked wildfires, two minutes after CAISO ended its four-day blackout watch.

Amid another heat wave and raging wildfires, CAISO called for massive conservation efforts and aid from neighboring utilities.

CAISO called for extra capacity and conservation and put grid maintenance on hold as it faces a Labor Day weekend heat wave.

Four aging natural gas plants scheduled to retire in December will keep operating because of California’s anticipated capacity shortfall.