California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC)
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Southern California Edison told the California Public Utilities Commission it is reviewing videos suggesting a link between its equipment and the devastating Eaton Fire.
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California regulators have approved rules to streamline permitting of transmission projects, saying the move is needed to maintain grid reliability and reach state climate goals.
County of Monterey, Calif.
California regulators have proposed new safety standards for battery energy storage systems following a series of incidents at the facilities, including a major fire at Vistra’s Moss Landing site.
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Though no utilities have been blamed for the deadly wildfires in Los Angeles so far, stakeholders cautioned that companies like Southern California Edison are not completely out of the woods and still face financial and legal risk.
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Fire agencies are investigating whether Southern California Edison’s equipment ignited one of the fires currently ravaging Los Angeles, the utility said in a news release.
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California regulators voted to keep the Aliso Canyon Natural Gas Storage Facility running, saying the site of a massive gas leak in 2015 remains necessary to maintain reliability and reasonable rates.
Blue Lake Rancheria
Energy projects designed to accelerate decarbonization and strengthen reliability in vulnerable communities are receiving significant investment from a California Energy Commission program.
California Conservation Corps
FERC granted and denied in part challenges to Pacific Gas and Electric’s 2022 transmission rates, finding that PG&E must remove certain costs from its rate base while also denying a request to pause the utility’s ability to recover costs stemming from two fires.
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State utility commissioners who launched the West-Wide Governance Pathways Initiative in July 2023 have praised the initiative’s “Step 2” proposal to create a “regional organization.”
Office of Gov. Gavin Newsom
The bills signed by the California governor cover rules around transmission approval, GETs, grid reliability standards and bi-directional EV charging.
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