Thursday, Rep. George Whitesides (D-CA) and Rep. Pat Harrigan (R-NC) introduced the Lowering Energy Costs through Grid Modernization Act, with Reps. Sean Casten (D-IL) and Abraham Hamadeh (R-AZ) joining as original cosponsors. The legislation, supported by industry, environmental groups, labor, and both political parties,  reflects how reconductoring can serve as a strategy to lower costs, enable connection to new sources ...

To help the public prepare for the need to conserve energy, the California Independent System Operator (ISO) is issuing this heat bulletin in anticipation of persistent above-normal temperatures and increased electricity demand in much of California and the West today and Thursday, July 11. After a slight brief reprieve from historic extreme heat that has impacted much of the state ...

Another Flex Alert has been extended for the Santa Clarita Valley yet again, with additional hours of conservation requested. The California Independent System Operator (ISO) has issued a statewide Flex Alert, a call for voluntary electricity conservation, from 3 p.m. to 10 p.m., due to continuing forecasted high demand on the grid and tight power supplies.  With above-normal temperatures in ...

The state of California has extended a Flex Alert to Saturday evening including in Santa Clarita, due to threatened transmission lines from a growing wildfire in southern Oregon. Transmission lines used to import energy to California are being threatened by the wildfire in Oregon, as well as the extreme heat putting stress on electrical grids throughout the state.  The California ...