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Five Counties Sue PG&E Over Dixie Fire
Pacific Gas & Electric has been hit with another lawsuit, this one filed by five counties harmed by the massive...
Pilots to curb disconnections, diesel backups soar, billion$ for EVs
The California Public Utilities Commission unanimously approves investor-owned utility pilots to reduce the number of poor customers who have their...
PG&E Contests Felony Charges for Shasta Fire
Pacific Gas & Electric plans to plead not guilty to criminal charges filed by the Shasta County District Attorney for...
Shorts
Pacific Gas & Electric seeks $1.47 billion from ratepayers for wildfire liability costs detailed in its 2021 Wildfire Mitigation Plan....
SCE Wins $7.7 Billion Rate Case
The California Public Utilities Commission approved a 19% increase in Southern California Edison's triennial rate case. Its revenue requirement will...
CEC Waives Air Pollution Rules in a Rush for New Diesel and Natural Gas Power
Reversing years of clean power priorities, the California Energy Commission is waiving air quality protections and rushing permits for new...
PG&E Shuts Off Power to 51,000 in Northern California and Mountains
Updated Aug. 19 Powerful dry winds that started blowing the afternoon of Tuesday, Aug 17, caused Pacific Gas & Electric...
SCE Won’t Face Criminal Charges for Woolsey Fire
Southern California Edison has dodged a bullet with the announcement by the California Attorney General that there will be no...
5,000 MW Shortage Possible Next Summer
If drought and extreme heat continue into next year, the shortfall on the California grid from high summer heat could...
Big hydro loss, Gov. waives pollution limits, Sempra earnings
Warnings about diminished hydropower because of the ongoing drought in California become a reality. On Thursday, a state official announces...
Five More Years of Oversight for PG&E, at Shareholder Expense
The California Public Utilities Commission unanimously voted to require Pacific Gas & Electric shareholders, not ratepayers, to pay $25 million...
PG&E Circuit May Have Sparked Another Fire in No. Cal
Californians may have yet another fire to attribute to Pacific Gas & Electric. The utility informed regulators that its equipment...
Edison International Earnings Level, SCE’s Drop
Quarterly earnings for Edison International were on par with those of the previous year, at $318 million. Per share earnings...
CPUC Updates Distributed Resources Plan to Capitalize on Broad Benefits
California’s groundbreaking 2016 Distributed Energy Resources Action Plan will be updated to better align rising levels of clean local renewables...
Urgent Power Situation Prompts Another Newsom Order, Allows More Pollution
Faced with out of control wildfires and high summer temperatures, Gov. Gavin Newsom ordered further reductions of energy use at...
PG&E earnings, SF vs. PG&E, Klamath dam removal
Pacific Gas & Electric Corp’s earnings are back in the black but financial analysts seek details on the company's plan...
PG&E Earnings Brighten but Wildfire Clouds the Future
Pacific Gas & Electric Corp’s second quarter earnings were far better than ones in 2020, rising to $397 million, or...
PG&E to Underground 10,000 miles of Power Lines
As the Dixie wildfire in Butte and Plumas counties linked to a tree falling on a remote Pacific Gas &...
Growing Dixie Fire in Feather River Canyon Linked to PG&E Circuit
Pacific Gas & Electric told state regulators July 18 that its equipment may have sparked another massive wildfire, this time...
SMUD Plans to Beat State Net Zero Carbon Goal by 15 Years
California has mandated its state power providers reach 60% renewables by 2030, but the Sacramento Municipal Utility District plans to...