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CPUC Approves New $1B Utility Electric Vehicle Spending Plan
State utility regulators unanimously signed off on a transportation electrification plan Nov. 17 that directs utilities’ proposed investments in electric...
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...
Utilities’ EV Integration Program Gets the Thumbs Down
California regulators unanimously rejected the three investor-owned utilities’ joint proposal seeking $10 million to test out electric vehicle integration technologies....
Supply Chain Pressures Drive Energy Storage Contract Redos
Surging prices for imported battery components, rising demand and other supply constraints are causing private utilities and community energy to...
Prop 30 Millionaire Tax to Pay for New EVs and Chargers, IOUs Neutral
Californians will be asked to vote this November on a ballot measure that would raise the income tax on those...
Newsom Urged to Veto Bill Providing Billion$ to Bury Utility Power Lines
Updated Sept. 22 Ratepayer and local power advocates and others are urging Gov. Gavin Newsom to reject a bill on...
Utilities Must Reveal Rate Hikes’ Impacts on the Disadvantaged
The California Public Utilities Commission unanimously approved Aug. 4 a decision shining light on rising utility bill pressures on struggling...
CA Let’s Electric Car Owners Use Cheaper Submeters to Measure Energy Use
California is the first state in the nation to allow electric vehicle owners, residential and commercial, to avoid installing costly...
High Voltage Project to Move New Solar Power Slated for Next Year
The Bureau of Land Management at the end of last week approved the construction of a 500 kV transmission line...
CPUC Approves Penalties against SCE and PG&E for Major Fires
State utility regulators voted 3 to 1 to confirm penalties against Pacific Gas & Electric and Southern California Edison for...
Court Says California Public Utilities Commission Must Obey State Public Records Act
San Francisco Public Press: After Edison International asked customers to pay some of the costs for the shutdown of San...
California Utilities’ Residential Demand Response Expansion Challenges
Plans by California’s three dominant investor-owned utilities to expand their residential demand response (DR) programs are hampered by a lack...
Merchant Battery Project in San Diego Follows Approval of SCE’s Big Storage
San Diego County’s energy grid is in for a major overhaul. A non-utility, 165 megawatt battery project located across nine...
Air Regulators Pitch Heavy Use of Carbon Capture to Slash Emissions by 2045
The California Air Resources Board’s draft update of its plan to cut greenhouse gases in the state would allow a...
Edison’s First Generation Battery Storing Wind Energy Put to Rest
Once the largest battery grid storage project, Southern California Edison’s 8 megawatt, 32 MW-hour pilot located at its large Tehachapi...
Edison International Earnings Fall
Edison International’s first quarter earnings fell to $84 million, or $0.22 per share, compared to net income of $259 million,...
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...
Agreement Reached to Advance Dual Energy Flows from Vehicles and Chargers
Federal, state, and local officials, utility and labor representatives and carmakers have agreed to work together to commercialize bidirectional electric...
Bills Back Ratepayer Bonds for Tree Cutting Costs; New Clean Energy Workforce Office
The Assembly Utilities & Energy Committee on April 20 passed legislation to expand private utilities’ access to ratepayer-backed bonds and...
Electric Hot Water Heat Pump Subsidy Increased by $40M
State utility regulators approved $40 million in additional incentives for home and small business electric heat pump water heater installations....