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CARB Adopts Bullish EV Standards Amid Omens of Charging Constraints
State air quality officials approved new zero-emission vehicle standards that will require 100% of the new cars and light trucks...
Rooftop Solar Costs vs. Benefits Remain in Dispute
The longstanding question over rooftop solar systems’ costs versus its benefits remained unanswered at the conclusion of testimony given during...
Big hydro loss, Gov. waives pollution limits, Sempra earnings
Warnings about diminished hydropower because of the ongoing drought in California become a reality. On Thursday, a state official announces...
Five More Years of Oversight for PG&E, at Shareholder Expense
The California Public Utilities Commission unanimously voted to require Pacific Gas & Electric shareholders, not ratepayers, to pay $25 million...
Edison International Earnings Level, SCE’s Drop
Quarterly earnings for Edison International were on par with those of the previous year, at $318 million. Per share earnings...
PG&E earnings, SF vs. PG&E, Klamath dam removal
Pacific Gas & Electric Corp’s earnings are back in the black but financial analysts seek details on the company's plan...
SF Still Pushing to Acquire PG&E Hardware
The City and County of San Francisco is again trying to buy out the assets of Pacific Gas & Electric,...
State Regulators Study Transmission Needs, New Options Highlighted
California’s goal to acquire massive amounts of new wind, solar, and storage won't be reached if the transmission needed to...
PG&E undergrounding plan, Local solar+storage, CAISO transmission
Pacific Gas & Electric is going to underground a whopping 10,000 miles of power lines in risky fire territory. It...
Studies: Distributed Energy and Efficiency Drive Down Clean Grid Costs
Going gang busters on clean, distributed energy will go a long way towards lowering utility bills as California works towards...
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...
CPUC Greenlights Klamath Dam Removal and Energy Commission Clean Energy Funding
Western utility company PacifiCorp's extrication from its ownership of four hydropower dams on the Klamath River is nearly final with...
CPUC Avoided Cost Calculator for Solar Fails to Avoid Controversy
California’s success at building utility-scale solar has lowered the value of local rooftop solar to the system, threatening its present...
Flex alert, CEC Commissioner confirmed, Biden and Newsom
A flex alert was called for the afternoon of July 9 in the face of another round of intense heat....
PG&E Seeks 30% Rate Hike
Pacific Gas & Electric, which charges some of the nation’s highest rates for electricity and gas, is seeking to raise...
SCE Wants Another $1B in Ratepayer-Backed Bonds
Southern California Edison filed its second application to issue ratepayer-recovery bonds to cover part of its wildfire capital spending as...
PG&E $1B bond, 11.5 GW order, Gas hookup subsidies
State utility regulators work through a packed agenda, with approval of Pacific Gas & Electric’s $1.2 billion ratepayer-funded bond to...
Regulators Okay PG&E’s $1.2 B Ratepayer-Backed Bond, Extend Power Disconnect Freeze
Without discussion, the California Public Utilities Commission approved Pacific Gas & Electric’s issuance of $1.2 billion in ratepayer-backed bonds to...
CPUC Mandates 11.5 GW of New Clean Electricity
State regulators stripped natural gas power plants from a new mandate that 11,500 MW of new resources be online by...
CPUC Takes a Beating for Ignoring Legislative Mandates
The California Public Utilities Commission leadership was taken to task by a key Assembly energy committee for not implementing legislative...