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FERC Backs Off Interim Gas Permit and Climate Pollution Policy Updates
Following intense backlash from natural gas and LNG companies and federal Republican lawmakers, federal energy regulators suspended recently adopted interim...
FERC Tackles Natural Gas Pipeline Project Climate Emissions
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission revised its highly controversial gas pipeline certification process by establishing an unprecedented framework that accounts...
PG&E Corp. Reports Smaller Loss & Plan to Bury 3,500 Miles of Lines
Pacific Gas & Electric Corp. reported less red ink last year, with a loss of $120 million, at $0.05 per...
SoCalGas Faces $10M Fine for Using Customer Money to Weaken Efficiency Codes
A regulatory judge is calling for a $9.8 million penalty on Southern California Gas Co. for using ratepayer funds to...
Ninth Circuit Says Some Rate Hikes on Solar Owners May Be Illegal
A stunning ruling by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in an Arizona case indicates utilities may face limits on...
Communities Win Benzene Monitoring Near Aliso Canyon
The non-profit Center for Environmental Health announced Feb. 1 it reached a settlement with Southern California Gas that requires the...
Federal Appeals Court Sides With San Francisco, Against PG&E for Distribution Roadblocks
A federal appeals court has sided with the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission and against federal regulators and Pacific Gas...
Aliso Canyon Well Blowout Subject of Health Study
The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health is taking bids for a study on the harm caused by the...
Could Fault in State’s Second Largest Fire Lead to Third PG&E Bankruptcy?
State investigators concluded that Pacific Gas & Electric's electric wires ignited last year’s massive Dixie Fire, which went on to...
FERC Won’t Allow PG&E to Bill Ratepayers $6M for Transmission Planning
Federal energy regulators rejected Pacific Gas & Electric’s request to swiftly recoup $6 million it spent downscaling three transmission projects...
Inside the Beltway: FERC Goes After Market Violators
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission recovered 14 times as much in penalties for energy market wrongdoings in 2021 than the...
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...
Federal Court Finalizes $10M in PG&E Investor Class Action
A federal judge has given final approval to the $10 million settlement among Pacific Gas & Electric Corp, its top...
Shorts
California’s community choice organizations signed agreements for 3,000 MW of clean energy supplies over the last year. “These projects reflect...
Five Counties Sue PG&E Over Dixie Fire
Pacific Gas & Electric has been hit with another lawsuit, this one filed by five counties harmed by the massive...
CPUC prez steps down, 120 MW of new gas plants, New East Bay wind farm
The biggest news of the week is the announcement that the California Public Utilities Commission chief is leaving, five years...
SoCalGas Reaches Aliso Canyon Settlement
Southern California Gas has proposed a $1.8 billion settlement to resolve thousands of lawsuits filed by San Fernando Valley victims...
PG&E Contests Felony Charges for Shasta Fire
Pacific Gas & Electric plans to plead not guilty to criminal charges filed by the Shasta County District Attorney for...
CPUC Narrowly Approves Protections for Rooftop Solar Owners
On an unusual 3-2 vote, the California Public Utilities Commission voted to better protect struggling, elderly and non-English speaking ratepayers...
Suit Seeks to Void PG&E $11B Ratepayer Bond
The Utility Reform Network is legally challenging regulators’ approval of Pacific Gas & Electric's plan to issue $7.5 billion in...