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As some data center operators plan to power their facilities with onsite generation, one researcher a California Energy Commission workshop suggested it might be better to get electricity from the grid instead.
A workshop on the West-Wide Governance Pathways Initiative has sparked praise for the proposal as well as concerns, including uneasiness over plans to share staffing between CAISO and a new regional organization that would govern Western electricity markets.
Southern California Edison told the California Public Utilities Commission it is reviewing videos suggesting a link between its equipment and the devastating Eaton Fire.
California regulators have approved rules to streamline permitting of transmission projects, saying the move is needed to maintain grid reliability and reach state climate goals.
Though no utilities have been blamed for the deadly wildfires in Los Angeles so far, stakeholders cautioned that companies like Southern California Edison are not completely out of the woods and still face financial and legal risk.
Fire agencies are investigating whether Southern California Edison’s equipment ignited one of the fires currently ravaging Los Angeles, the utility said in a news release.
The Willow Rock Energy Storage Center is expected to bolster reliability of the California grid with 500 MW/4,000-MWh of long-duration storage.
The rapidly spreading brush fires that have devastated multiple communities around Los Angeles are not expected to affect California’s broader transmission grid, CAISO said.
The California Energy Commission has updated its energy demand forecast for data centers after receiving revised figures from Pacific Gas and Electric about data center growth.
Former Southern California Edison Senior Vice President Erik Takayesu is joining MISO’s Board of Directors.
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