CAISO

A floor-to-ceiling map board shows power distribution through California's electrical grids in the control center of the California Independent System Operator, CAISO, during a heat wave.

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April 17, 2026

Can California’s Interconnection Reforms Deliver a Cleaner Grid?

Vivian Yang
Western States Energy Analyst

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January 29, 2026

California is Lagging on Wind Development. Why?

Mark Specht
Senior Manager, Western States Energy

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September 25, 2025

After a Long Pause, California Electricity Sector Emissions Are Down. What Happened?

Mark Specht
Senior Manager, Western States Energy

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March 31, 2025

Western Energy Markets, Sabrina Carpenter, and the Grid Espresso Paradox

Daniel Barad
Western States Associate Director

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November 22, 2024

Western Energy Markets Could Soon Be Governed Differently. Here’s Why That Matters.

Mark Specht
Senior Manager, Western States Energy

A dispatch board shows the distribution of the state's electricity at the California Independent System Operator (CAISO) Alhambra Control Center after a Stage 1 power emergency was announced in 2006.

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June 10, 2024

Want to Connect Clean Energy to California’s Power Grid? Get in Line (Part 2 of 3)

Vivian Yang
Western States Energy Analyst

Power towers line a highway in Vallejo, CA.

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June 10, 2024

Transmission Is Holding up California’s Clean Energy Transition (Part 1 of 3)

Vivian Yang
Western States Energy Analyst

Gas plant in California with pipeline in foreground

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September 13, 2023

Extreme Summer Weather Threatens Gas Power Plants. Here’s How.

Paul Arbaje
Senior Analyst

Image from space of California and Nevada

European Space Agency

April 19, 2023

Western Grid Regionalization Is Back on the Drawing Board. Why Now?

Mark Specht
Senior Manager, Western States Energy

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March 30, 2023

What Will It Take for California to Build a New Regional Grid Operator?

Vivian Yang
Western States Energy Analyst

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January 4, 2023

What Does Western Grid Regionalization Mean for California?

Vivian Yang
Western States Energy Analyst

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February 4, 2021

California Energy: One Grid Under Too Many Assumptions

Adenike Adeyeye
Former Contributor

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May 12, 2020

Pandemic’s Stay-at-Home Order Shrinks California Energy Demand

Adenike Adeyeye
Former Contributor

August 28, 2019

Up Close with California’s Power Grid Operator

Mark Specht
Senior Manager, Western States Energy

April 12, 2013

California Sets New Record for Wind Generation

Laura Wisland
Former Contributor