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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...
California Awaits European Union Actions on Russian Natural Gas Dependency
The Ukraine war could impact California’s progress toward its economy-wide net zero emissions by 2045 goal. California policymakers and utilities...
SoCalGas Hit with $150k Penalty for Undermining Gas Efficiency
After weeks of postponement, the California Public Utilities Commission voted 3-2 to slap a $150,000 fine on Southern California Gas...
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...
Utility Earnings: Rate Bases for Sempra Firms in Calif., Tex. Triple Over Four Years
Edison International, the parent company of Southern California Edison, reported annual earnings for 2021 a bit higher than the previous...
SoCalGas Outlines Major Green Hydrogen Pipeline
The nation’s largest natural gas utility is seeking to get ahead of the competition by proposing to build a green...
More Penalties for SoCalGas for Fighting Gas Efficiency Moves and Billing Ratepayers for It
Southern California Gas Co. faces a possible $150,000 penalty for using ratepayer money to undermine state, federal and local energy...
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...
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...
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...
Sempra Energy’s Earnings Plummet
Like California’s other two investor-owned utilities and parent companies, Sempra Energy’s latest earnings also were in the red, not from...
Shorts
California’s community choice organizations signed agreements for 3,000 MW of clean energy supplies over the last year. “These projects reflect...
More Gas to be Stored Under Pressure at Aliso Canyon Field
The California Public Utilities Commission voted to increase the amount of natural gas Southern California Gas keeps underground at its...
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...
11.5 GW of clean energy assures reliability, CCAs add more renewables
To attain 11.5 GW of clean electricity by mid-decade, no additional fossil fuel plants will be needed to ensure grid...
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...
Expedited storage permits, Anti-gas suit dropped, SMUD pursues novel net metering reform
The California Energy Commission accelerates the permitting of large storage projects to get more power online by next fall. The action...
News Roundup: SoCalGas Ends Lawsuit Alleging Energy Commission Was ‘Anti-Gas’
SoCalGas settled a lawsuit it filed last year against the California Energy Commission that claimed some of its work to...
CEC Adopts 2022 Triennial Building Efficiency Code
The California Energy Commission unanimously approved a hard fought, cutting edge building energy efficiency code update Aug. 11, a key...