- California Current

Utilities Must Reveal Rate Hikes’ Impacts on the Disadvantaged

August 4, 2022

The California Public Utilities Commission unanimously approved Aug. 4 a decision shining light on rising utility bill pressures on struggling customers. It requires that the impacts of proposed individual utility electricity and gas rate hikes and cumulative energy rate increases be addressed. For the first...

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CA 1st to okay EV submetering, Regulators add rate affordability, Utility earnings mixed

Diablo extension vs. cleanup, Extreme events mean extreme actions, Gov. demands more emissions cuts

NRC focuses on Diablo closure, not extension, CPUC staff tout demand flexibility potential, New transmission coming to AZ-CA desert

CPUC found in violation of public records law, plan to grow demand response, big compressed air project advances

CPUC Pitches unique plan to expand demand response, energy agencies want grid plan to reflect higher electrification, DOE nuclear subsidy within PG&E’s reach

DWR to handle summer supplies, Diablo gets funds to stay online, community solar bills pass

Clean affordable energy bills pass, CPUC revises resource adequacy, air pollution regulators get slammed

California Public Utilities Commission

Extreme Events Force CA Leaders to Face “Necessary Evils” to Protect Grid

Nuclear Watchdogs Focus on Diablo Decommissioning Radiation Levels

Air Regulators’ Climate Plan Must Cut More Emissions: Newsom Says

CPUC Highlights Bright Prospects of an Affordable Clean Grid with Agile Demand

NRC Meets on Diablo Decommissioning Despite Plant Re-licensing Efforts

High Voltage Project to Move New Solar Power Slated for Next Year

Climate Crisis

Building Electrification

CEC Funds Climate Impact Study, Truck and Ride Sharing Charging

July 14, 2022

The California Energy Commission approved nearly $10 million in grants Wednesday to projects incorporating climate change impacts into electricity system planning, creating a corridor of chargers for electric trucks, and increasing...