The loss of three natural gas pipelines is creating major concerns about Southern California’s gas and electricity supplies.

Utilities are at the epicenter of public battles between the California PUC and its critics over wildfires, public safety and ethics.

California ethics officials have obtained new evidence of apparent back-channel communications between PG&E and the state Public Utilities Commission.

State regulators and transmission customers of Southern California Edison urged FERC to reject the utility’s requested rate hike for 2018.

PG&E says it will challenge a California ALJ’s recommendation that it be granted only $190 million for the retirement of the Diablo Canyon nuclear plant.

A CAISO report suggests that California’s utilities are about 2,000 MW short of the capacity needed to comply with 2018 local resource adequacy requirements

California electricity suppliers have met the state’s 25% renewable generation requirement, in many cases exceeding it substantially, the PUC says.

Utilities are dealing with several wildfire-related proceedings at the California Public Utilities Commission, which is exploring taking a larger role.

California regulators voted to extend the life of a state demand response pilot project and expressed their unanimous opposition to the DOE NOPR.

A biennial policy report by California energy planners has some environmentalists calling for even more aggressive priorities — such as phasing out utility-scale renewable projects.