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

SPP has raised the stakes in what could shape up to be a long-term competition to win over the Western electricity market one service at a time.

SPP is stepping up its bid to offer market services in the Western Interconnection, with interested participants approaching the RTO for more details.

The National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners’ annual meeting attracted regulators, industry representatives and other stakeholders.

ACORE's Renewable Energy Grid Forum took place at the Grand Hyatt San Francisco, within blocks of the headquarters of major tech companies.

The formation of a Western energy market was a contentious topics of discussion at the fall joint meeting of CREPC and WIRAB.

PJM CEO Andy Ott sat down with RTO Insider for the second time this year to discuss the RTO’s perspective on a Western market.

Talk of an RTO for the Western Interconnection lived during the annual meeting of the Northwest & Intermountain Power Producers Coalition (NIPPC).

PJM is leaving the door open to developing an organized electric market in the Western Interconnection, despite the downfall of Peak Reliability.

California may be able to meet its carbon goal by 2045, but it’s going to be more difficult and more expensive without a Western RTO, advocates contend.