The CPUC extended the approval process for the four projects after critics filed comments claiming the utility did not meet regulatory criteria.

The future of California's biggest utilities may depend on how much customers have to pay to leave them. 

Puerto Rico's utility has until Wednesday to issue revised plans or risk the federal board imposing its budget.

The heads of state energy agencies have been secretly meeting to develop policy, the Union-Tribune reports, reminiscent of a scandal that brought down former CPUC Chair Michael Peevey.

Proposed rules would have two metrics for measuring energy storage capacity to help the resources participate in wholesale electricity markets.