The California PUC voted unanimously to recommend that some older gas-fired plants remain open for up to three years to prevent reliability problems.

Competitive transmission developers made an argument at OPSI’s annual meeting: Supplemental projects undermine regional planning efforts.

CAISO’s Western Energy Imbalance Market posted more than $801 million in benefits for its participants after five years of reporting quarterly results.

The often tense relationship between California and other Western states occupied much of this year’s Transmission Summit West.

Promoters of renewable energy worry about reliability as fossil-fuel plants retire and renewable resources are slow to take over, ACORE attendees heard.

FERC again rejected a bid by developers to obtain transmission status and cost-based rates for a proposed $2 billion pumped storage project in CAISO.

PJM, ISO-NE and SPP appear to be thwarting Order 1000’s intent to open transmission projects to competition by abusing the “immediate need” exemption.

CAISO, ISO-NE and NYISO look to be the pacesetters in opening the country’s organized electricity markets to greater participation by DERs.

PG&E shut down power to large swaths of its Northern California service territory, citing gusty winds that could cause utility-sparked conflagrations.

FERC approved two CAISO proposals to address concerns that the EIM’s rules constrain hydroelectric operations and undercut the value of resources.