The inaugural Wildfire Technology Innovation Summit held at California State University, Sacramento, attracted about 700 attendees.

The rift over the rapid expansion of community choice aggregators in California took center stage at a state Senate hearing on Tuesday.

Cal. officials expressed concern that the state’s push toward 100% clean energy and the rapid growth of community choice could imperil grid reliability.

Pacific Gas and Electric proposed spending up to $2.3 billion on grid hardening, increased line inspections, and vegetation management to prevent wildfires.

California’s investor-owned utilities submitted enhanced wildfire mitigation plans to the PUC, and PG&E's will be reviewed by a federal judge.

The California PUC is considering whether to fine Southern California Edison for its failure to report a nearly $1 billion shortfall in revenues last year.

Protesters at the California PUC meeting urged the commissioners to turn PG&E into a publicly owned utility as part of its Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

California PUC President Michael Picker told lawmakers the commission isn’t the best public entity to address the “enormity” of the recent wildfire crisis.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom named new members to the CAISO Board of Governors, along with the PUC and the state’s new commission on catastrophic wildfires.

On the steps of the California state Capitol, former state Sen. Noreen Evans said she believes PG&E won’t go through with Chapter 11 reorganization.