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Another Wildfire Fine for SCE
Southern California Edison faces a $1 million fine for starting a wildfire in Simi Valley in October 2019. The California...
PG&E Hopes to Sell Generation Assets by End of 2023 to Raise Cash
Pacific Gas & Electric expects to begin looking for a buyer of 5.6 GW of utility-owned generating capacity—mostly hydropower dams—in...
Prop 30 Millionaire Tax to Pay for New EVs and Chargers, IOUs Neutral
Californians will be asked to vote this November on a ballot measure that would raise the income tax on those...
Pacific Coast Leaders Reunite to Accelerate Clean Energy, Prioritize Equity
The heads of the three west coast states and British Columbia renewed and strengthened their vows made five years ago...
New Laws Okay 100B for Utility Line Undergrounding & Construction CO2 Cuts
Among the numerous energy bills Gov. Gavin Newsom signed before the end of September deadline was SB 884, which allows...
Criminal Investigation of Another Big Fire Possibly Sparked by PG&E
Pacific Gas & Electric faces potential criminal liability again, this time for likely starting the Mosquito Fire in Placer and...
Newsom Urged to Veto Bill Providing Billion$ 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...
New Laws to Reduce Heat Wave Impacts
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation creating a warning system in advance of expected intense heat and authorizing local entities to...
Energy Commission Proposes Removing Big Diesel Backup from State Permitting
The California Energy Commission is considering exempting diesel backup and thermal power projects with generating capacity of less than 100...
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...
Natural Gas Fueled Backup Planned for Microsoft Data Center
The California Energy Commission routinely approves millions of dollars in grants for clean energy research and development, but also regularly...
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...
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...
Steps Forward on DOE Share of Infrastructure Bill Funding
The $1.3 billion bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act that President Joe Biden signed last November must next pass through...
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...
More CPUC Action to Address Summer Afternoon Spikes
The California Public Utilities Commission voted unanimously to require the three investor-owned utilities to invest in an additional 2,000-3-000 MW...
High Winds Led to 70,000 Customer Shutoffs in Southern California
Powerful Santa Ana winds resulted in Southern California utilities shutting off power to tens of thousands of customers on Thanksgiving...
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...
Utility Regulators Okay PG&E’s $5B Fire Reduction Plan
Over strong opposition from community activists and those harmed by utility-sparked wildfires, regulators unanimously approved the newest blueprint from Pacific...