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The governors of Washington, Oregon and California and the premier of British Columbia discussed the need for cross-border efforts to address climate change.

Commissioners Mark Christie and James Danly addressed the pros and cons of the West’s pursuit of greater market coordination at the fall CREPC-WIRAB meeting.

CREPC wants to advise and advocate for Western states considering organized markets, similar to OPSI’s role in PJM.

CAISO began a stakeholder process under ACR 188, a legislative request to examine the economic and environmental benefits of regional cooperation in the West.

BOEM plans to hold the West Coast’s first offshore wind auction Dec. 6, a major milestone in developing the first floating wind platforms in the U.S.

CAISO’s Board of Governors approved additional interconnection enhancements to deal with the long queue of resources waiting to connect to its grid.

Pacific Gas and Electric received regulatory approval to establish the nation’s first vehicle-to-grid export rates for commercial EVs, including school buses.

CAISO said it avoided September blackouts through a combination of public conservation, imported electricity and coordination with utilities and agencies.

CAISO held its Stakeholder Symposium for the first time since 2018 and weighed the transmission needs of the West to deliver renewable resources.

The Energy Department awarded PG&E more than $1 billion to keep California’s last nuclear plant operating beyond its planned retirement for grid reliability.

The CPUC released PG&E from its enhanced oversight and enforcement process after the utility met its 2021 tree clearing goals on its highest fire risk lines.

The CAISO Board of Governors and Western Energy Imbalance Market Governing Body adopted resource sufficiency and storage changes to promote summer reliability.

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PG&E’s proposal to place most of its generation fleet into a new company and to sell nearly half the firm to investors is taking flak at FERC and the CPUC.

CAISO’s Board of Governors and the Western Energy Imbalance Market Governing Body approved an extended day-ahead market for the WEIM, calling it a milestone.

A judge said there is enough evidence to try PG&E on four manslaughter counts and other charges from the September 2020 Zogg Fire in Shasta County, Calif.

FERC approved the tariff for the Western Power Pool’s Western Resource Adequacy Program, allowing the binding phase of the program to commence in 2025.

The California Air Resources Board approved groundbreaking rules requiring passenger, freight and switcher locomotives to decarbonize in the next three decades.

The California PUC awarded Pacific Gas and Electric more than $1 billion in wildfire mitigation costs despite opposition from its own Public Advocates Office.

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