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Stakeholders, Utility Unite in Face-Off with Regulators Over Arizona Just Energy Transition
Arizona Public Service (APS) raised the national standard for a Just Energy Transition with its $144.45 million settlement with affected...
Lawmakers Move to Advance Zero-Net Carbon Power, Better Public Information
Legislation driving clean energy, lowering utility bills, and better informing citizens of projects and carbon emissions cleared the Senate energy...
Guest Juice: Guidelines For Better Net Metering; Protecting All Electricity Customers And The Climate
By Guest AuthorsAhmad Faruqui, Richard McCann, Fereidoon Sioshansi Authors Ahmad Faruqui, Richard McCann and Fereidoon Sioshansi respond to Professor Severin...
Federal Regulators Propose Giving States More Say in Regional Transmission
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approved 4-1 a proposed rulemaking that would give California and other states a larger role...
U.S. Solar Trade Investigation Raises Specter of Major Solar Energy Downturn
The Commerce Department April 1 moved to open an investigation of the merits of a trade complaint filed by a...
Regulators Okay Community-Based Pilot to Reduce Utility Bill Debt
California’s investor-owned energy utilities will launch a pilot project with community-based organizations to develop a model management program to help...
Solutions on the Legislative Table to Shift Rate Hikes Away from Utility Customers
The urgency of finding strategies to tamp down continually rising utility bills was the focus of an Assembly energy committee...
Federal Regulators Lower PG&E Rate of Return to 9.3%
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission rejected on a 4-1 vote Pacific Gas & Electric’s request to earn a 13.3% profit...
JUICE: Reduce Utility Profit on Infrastructure to Address Skyrocketing Bills
California regulators have ignored a strategy that’s long been within reach to control ratepayer monthly bills: reducing the double-digit return...
Three Emerging Technologies Shape Cutting Edge EV Charging Pilot
A Duke Energy pilot would use three cutting-edge electric vehicle technologies, a flat subscription rate, in-vehicle communications, and some utility...
State Utility Regulators Pitch Electricity Affordability Criteria, Ponder Blue Sky Proposals
Regulatory affordability criteria to help control the state’s skyrocketing electricity rates were the starting point of a Feb. 28 California...
PG&E Seeks $15B More for Undergrounding and Fire Prevention
Pacific Gas & Electric is seeking $15.2 billion to work towards its target of undergrounding thousands of miles of power...
SCE Seeks $1.6 Billion More for Fire Prevention Work This Year
Southern California Edison has filed a 2022 update to its wildfire prevention plan at an estimated cost of more than...
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...
The Big Picture on Emerging Clean Technologies: “Transactive Energy”
Transactive Energy is On the Horizon Editor’s Note: This is the first in a series of Current columns on various...
New CPUC Chief Faces Barrage of Anger Over Solar Rooftop Pay Changes
Alice Reynolds’ first meeting as the new president of the California Public Utilities Commission was dominated by three hours of...
Energy Agency May Turn Automation of Grid-Connected Devices into Reality
The California Energy Commission took the key first step toward a customer-led power sector that would help balance the grid...
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...