A U.S. government commitment to help fund research needed to permanently reintroduce salmon in areas blocked by Chief Joseph and Grand Coulee dams has had a profound effect on Native American …
Extreme summer heat and drought could trigger power supply shortfalls in the West and other regions of North America, according to a newly released assessment of generation and transmission co…
About $233 million remains for future solicitations from the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Formula Program, which is funding almost 150 new zero-emission vehicle charging stations a…
Most of the recent discussions in Western energy circles have focused on renewable generation on the California Independent System Operator grid, which is experiencing record-breaking additions of wind and solar generation.
There has been a great deal of public debate about California's reduction in compensation for home solar owners, which produced outrage among solar proponents. But a new technical brief from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory provides …
The North American Electric Reliability Corporation and renewable-energy trade groups applauded the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's May 13 approval of a sweeping long-term transmission planning and cost-allocation rule, but the Nationa…
In mid-April, comments about the percentage of emissions-free resources and batteries serving load on the California Independent System Operator grid peppered social media, but renewable generation continues growing and the posts keep coming.
The California Air Resources Board said its May 2024 Joint Auction No. 39 is being postponed. The agency in a May 15 announcement said technical difficulties had forced rescheduling of the cap-and-trade auction of greenhouse gas emissions all…
Offshore wind generation could potentially help California achieve its clean-energy goals, but a recently released study highlights just how challenging a feat it might be to get power from wind turbines into homes.
The California Public Utilities Commission is in the process of developing a strategic plan for implementing the next phase of its $1 billion ratepayer-funded Electric Program Investment Charge program, which supports research, development an…
The New Mexico Supreme Court in a May 13 decision said state law requires an all-or-nothing approach to rate decoupling, while also affirming regulators' role in determining the justness and reasonability of rates.
Several proposed amendments that could be added to the California State Implementation Plan are on the agenda for the May California Air Resources Board meeting.
Construction continues on a 550-mile transmission line running from New Mexico to western Arizona, but the verdict is still out in multiple lawsuits challenging SunZia's route through a pristine Arizona river valley.
The Northwest Power and Conservation Council authorized the creation of a climate and weather advisory committee during its May 15 meeting, at an estimated annual cost of less than $5,000.
The latest salvo in the Sierra Club's ongoing opposition to the proposed expansion of Salt River Project's natural gas-fired Coolidge Generating Station in Arizona is a petition filed to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in which the g…
The Northwest Power and Conservation Council says it supports the Bonneville Power Administration's authority to return the lion's share of $500 million in reserves distribution clause funds from fiscal year 2022 to power customers, but not f…
PacifiCorp is seeking a $64.3 million rate increase, or 3.5 percent, as part of the company's 2023 power cost adjustment mechanism filed May 15 with the Oregon Public Utility Commission [UE 439].
Daimler Truck North America on May 10 announced plans to expand its Swan Island campus in Portland, Oregon, with a new $40 million engineering facility and a $3 million electric vehicle supply equipment training center.
