PG&E is already falling under suspicion for starting the Camp Fire after one of the utility’s transmission lines was reported downed at the time and location of the fire’s ignition.

California’s big utilities shut down power proactively or warned customers they might need to because of windy conditions that could lead to wildfires.

FERC rejected a request by developers of a proposed pumped storage project for cost-based rate recovery as a transmission asset in CAISO.

Order 890’s transparency provisions do not apply to asset management projects that provide only “incidental” increases in transmission capacity, FERC ruled.

SB 901, a controversial bill to help California utilities pay for wildfires cleared the State Legislature and was sent to Gov. Jerry Brown.

Lawmakers have unveiled a new plan to help California’s investor-owned utilities cover the costs of wildfires sparked by transmission lines.

FERC instructed Pacific Gas and Electric and the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) to brief it on whether Cal. law allows PG&E to quit CAISO.

California’s three investor-owned utilities want lawmakers to limit their liability for wildfires sparked by power lines.

CPUC President Michael Picker told California lawmakers that the commission is increasingly focused on wildfire prevention.

The California State Senate passed legislation that would allow the state’s investor-owned utilities to pass through the costs of wildfires to ratepayers.