Edison International is hopeful that several California bills will ease the financial pressure stemming from wildfire costs.

A bill that would allow utilities to recover wildfire costs if they conform to state-regulated safety plans moved through the California legislature, but it faces opposition from some who say it lets utilities off the hook.

California lawmakers moved forward with several pieces of energy legislation, but items such as a 100% RPS and CAISO regionalization seem to be on hold.

The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) will vote later this month on a $98 million settlement agreement regarding its own ex parte communications with PG&E.

California’s three investor-owned utilities asked state officials to protect bundled customers from being saddled with expensive long-term renewable contracts.

A California Senate committee on Tuesday approved a bill that would allow publicly owned utilities that meet certain criteria to run their gas-fired plants at a minimal level to ensure that related bond debt is paid off and not passed to taxpayers.

Electric vehicles are increasing on California highways, but future growth is dependent on solving critical issues, PUC Commissioner Carla Peterman said.

Environmental groups cheered the announcement by NRG Energy that it will retire three natural gas-fired plants in Southern California.

CAISO officials on Wednesday urged California lawmakers to pass legislation that would convert the grid operator into an RTO.

A key California lawmaker is seeking comment this week on a revived effort to regionalize CAISO and create a multistate Western RTO.