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CPUC Chops Solar Rooftop Payments & Adds Battery Incentives, Few are Happy
The California Public Utilities Commission approved on a 5-0 vote a controversial revision to the program that slashes payments for...
CPUC Approves $51M to PG&E for 3,000 Chargers
The California Public Utilities Commission voted 4-0 for Pacific Gas & Electric’s plan to spend $51 million of ratepayer funds...
Energy Commission Okays Unprecedented $3B for EV Charging
The California Energy Commission approved a $2.9 billion investment in zero emission vehicle infrastructure, the majority of which will fund...
SDG&E’s 2023 Costs to Raise Monthly Utility Bills 15%, Forecast Errors Highlighted
San Diego Gas & Electric’s $784 million forecast for generation and other costs to be collected from customers would get...
Utility Regulators to Approve PG&E’s $2B in Forecast Costs
Pacific Gas & Electric would collect $2 billion from ratepayers to cover its projected costs next year for generation, grid...
Drop in CA Rooftop Solar Payments Would Be Largest Program Cut in US: Solar AdvocatesÂ
The California Public Utilities Commission’s proposal to cut payments to homeowners for power exported from their photovoltaic roof systems is...
Jury Rejects Fired CPUC Director’s Whistleblower Claim
A California jury sided with the California Public Utilities Commission Dec. 2, rejecting former Executive Director Alice Stebbins complaint that...
Regulators Sign Off on Higher Priced PG&E Energy Storage DealsÂ
Supply chain constraints continue to impact utility energy storage projects, leading state regulators to approve more changes to agreements for...
PG&E Freed from Scrutiny of Deficient Wildfire Mitigation Work
The California Public Utilities Commission ended a year of increased scrutiny of Pacific Gas & Electric’s vegetation removal to ensure...
PG&E Reaping $1B From Feds to Keep Diablo Plant Online Faces Push Back
The U.S. Department of Energy conditionally awarded Pacific Gas & Electric $1.1 billion to extend the life of its 2.2...
Another Wildfire Fine for SCE
Southern California Edison faces a $1 million fine for starting a wildfire in Simi Valley in October 2019. The California...
CA Heads to a “Cal-Phobia”-Free Regional Day Ahead Market and Bigger Plans
California’s power system operator is ready to expand its west-wide real time Western Energy Imbalance Market, or WEIM, California Independent System...
Utility Regulators Pitch Cutting Big Fixed Fees on Small Solar Units
California utility regulators’ proposal to increase the costs of small solar rooftops and lower payments for excess power sent to...
Uptick in Solar Roofs on Less Well to Do DwellingsÂ
While California utility regulators’ controversial proposal to raise the cost of small solar rooftops on the basis of equity claims...
Regulators Raise Utilities’ Cost of Capital, add $400 M to Ratepayer Tab
The California Public Utilities Commission on Thursday voted 4-1 against dropping the three electric investor-owned utilities’ cost of capital for...
Earnings in the Black for Sempra, San Diego Gas & Electric
Unlike PG&E Corp. and Edison International, Sempra Energy reported positive earnings from July through September. Sempra reported $485 million in...
Edison International Sees Loss but Revenue Hike Lessens Impact
Edison International reported a net loss of $128 million, or $0.33 per share, because of its wildfire liability. That is...
PG&E Seeks Ratepayer Funds for Diablo Outages, Initiates License Extension
A California nuclear power plant watchdog objected to Pacific Gas & Electric’s proposal to collect more than $178 million from...
PG&E Hopes to Sell Generation Assets by End of 2023 to Raise Cash
Pacific Gas & Electric expects to begin looking for a buyer of 5.6 GW of utility-owned generating capacity—mostly hydropower dams—in...