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Undercurrents: Newsom Eyes New CPUC President
Updated March 14. Gov. Gavin Newsom is planning to shake up the California Public Utilities Commission, including appointing a new...
Shorts
Updated March 14. A U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California ruled that the federal bankruptcy court shall decide...
The Buzz
The California Public Utilities Commission approves Pacific Gas & Electric's and Southern California Edison's $7 billion in energy purchase forecasts....
EPIC Program Aims to Get Ahead of Epic Changes
Key focuses of the state program dispensing $162 million a year are advancing innovative clean energy projects in disadvantaged communities...
Juice: Clear Cutting for Fire Safety?
Oaks and other trees in California beware. The state’s investor-owned utilities have declared open season on trees in the name...
CPUC Must Decide on $3B/Year of Utility Fire Protection Work
The staggering scope and cost of utility plans to prevent electric lines from sparking wildfires came into focus for regulators...
The Buzz
Pacific Gas & Electric, Southern California Edison and San Diego Gas & Electric propose strengthening their wildfire risk reduction programs. ...
So Cal Utilities File Wildfire Risk Reduction Plans
Southern California Edison and San Diego Gas & Electric submitted new proposals for beefing up safety measures to the California...
PG&E Files Wildfire Safety Plan, Warns Bankruptcy Could Interfere
The private utilities Feb. 6 filed their mandated plans for reducing wildfire threats from electric equipment. The plans filed by...
PG&E Equipment Did Not Start the Tubbs Fire, Cal Fire Finds
Cal Fire investigators determined Jan. 24 that a private electrical system adjacent to a residential structure caused the destructive Tubbs...
Opinionated: The Climate Conundrum & the Vulnerable Utility Pocketbook
By Dan Delurey Few among us have not been subject to a power outage in our home or place of...
The Buzz
State energy regulators unanimously move to begin developing a framework for determining how much of private utilities' fire liability costs...
CPUC Votes 4-0 for Controversial Wildfire Liability Rulemaking
After a long line of outraged protesters objected to a perceived bailout of Pacific Gas & Electric for recent devastating...
CPUC Launches Rulemaking to Protect Grid & Backs Edison Cost Recovery
The state energy commissioners this week adopted a new rulemaking to reduce physical risks to utility equipment, including the shooting...
CPUC Looks at De-energization Fault Lines
To reduce the impacts of shutting off power lines because of wildfire threats, utility and county and state safety and...
LADWP Reviews Tough Power Line Fire Safety Rules
The Los Angeles Department of Water & Power's board heard that the muni's wildfire construction safety standards for power lines...