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High Winds Led to 70,000 Customer Shutoffs in Southern California
Powerful Santa Ana winds resulted in Southern California utilities shutting off power to tens of thousands of customers on Thanksgiving...
Delays in Public Ability to Review Renewable Contract & Bids Shortened
It’s been nearly two decades since California first ordered utilities to enter into long-term contracts for renewable contracts and simultaneously...
Cities Challenge to IOUs’ Illicit Use of Carbon Credits Hits Roadblock
Pacific Gas & Electric and Southern California Edison face lawsuits from groups of cities alleging they diverted hundreds of millions...
CPUC Seeks Another 3,000 MW by Next Summer
The California Public Utilities Commission proposes to further bolster the grid the next two summers by adding between 2,000 and...
California Grid Operator Aims for 2024 Regional Day-Ahead Market
The California-led real-time Energy Imbalance Market has delivered significant savings to Western power providers, but other regions’ market ambitions are...
Solar Groups Propose Customer-Owned Solar-plus-Storage Microgrids to Regulators
An innovative proposal from Vote Solar and other solar advocates would demonstrate that customer-sited solar and storage can provide reliability...
New CPUC Rulemakings Aim to Reduce Disconnections and Increase Utility Safety
The California Public Utilities Commission voted to launch a pilot project to curb power disconnections at struggling customers’ homes as...
Groundbreaking building code, Summer 2022 grid, Diablo decommissioning deal
Two days after dire climate warnings by the International Panel on Climate Change, the California Energy Commission adopts a long-awaited...
Controversial CPUC Vote Approves $80M to Each Utility to Increase EV Chargers
On a rare split vote, state utility regulators narrowly approved expediting the three investor-owned utilities ability to spend more ratepayer...
Utilities Request to Use Ratepayer Funds for Hydrogen–Natural Gas Blending Project Rejected
Four natural gas utilities’ attempt to get a piece of the innovative clean energy transition in the form of a...
Power shutoffs, PG&E fined for shutoff, Ratepayer assistance
The California Public Utilities Commission tightens utility safety protocols to limit the number and reach of shutoffs this year. Regulators...
Regulators Set Stricter Rules for Utility Shutoffs
State regulators voted unanimously June 3 to require improvements in the utilities’ execution and transparency of their safety power shutoffs...
CPUC Eases Path for Utilities to Put in More Chargers
State utility regulators want to help fill an anticipated 2025 shortage of electric vehicle chargers in California by loosening up...
State Utility Regulators Call For 11.5 GW of New Resources by 2026
Two competing California Public Utilities Commission proposals would require utilities, community energy and other provider investments in a combined 11,500...
Newsom Proposes $2B for Ratepayer Bill Relief
Gov. Gavin Newsom announced May 10 that $2 billion in relief will be distributed among Californians having difficulty paying their...
SDG&E Faces No Competition for San Diego Franchise
San Diego Gas & Electric remains the sole bidder in the City of San Diego’s solicitation for exclusive electric and...
California Prepares for Worsening Wildfires
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law April 13 a legislative package providing $536 million in emergency funding for wildfire prevention...
The Buzz
The 2020 and quarterly earnings of the parent corporations of the four investor-owned utilities are a mixed bag. Annual net...
The Buzz
The ever-growing tab from months of unpaid utility bills will soon come due. Who gets saddled with that debt, currently...
Utility Regulators Grapple with $1B+ in Unpaid Energy Bills
The California Public Utilities Commission is exploring options for paying off the more than $1.15 billion in unpaid utility bills...