California stakeholders have proposed replacing the state’s resource adequacy framework with a “central buyer” responsible for procuring resources.

Avista's [NYSE:AVA] Scott Kinney explained the factors that led to the utility's decision to join CAISO's EIM during the market’s Regional Issues Forum.

Members of CAISO’s Market Surveillance Committee and stakeholders wrangled over systemwide market power and ways to limit it.

The 9th Circuit found California’s Renewable Market Adjusting Tariff program violated PURPA by capping the energy utilities must purchase from QFs.

CAISO secured the largest chunk of the EIM’s $86 million in gross benefits during the second quarter as the solar-heavy ISO exported 2.16 million MWh.

Some speakers at Infocast’s Storage Week Plus were optimistic that battery storage would become a significant part of the grid in the next five to 10 years.

CAISO will seek to protect neighboring balancing authority areas if investor-owned utility members de-energize transmission lines due to wildfire threats.

The judge overseeing PG&E’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy granted a motion to hold off on deciding whether to terminate the utility’s exclusivity period.

FERC reaffirmed that Pacific Gas & Electric participates voluntarily in CAISO and qualifies for hefty financial incentives to remain in the ISO.

Discussions at Infocast's California Energy Summit ran the gamut of energy issues, but mitigating and preventing wildfires in the state took center stage.