Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E)
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The U.S. Department of Energy’s Loan Programs Office announced a $15 billion conditional loan commitment to Pacific Gas & Electric to improve the California-based utility’s energy infrastructure and support clean energy initiatives.
Citizens Energy
A nonprofit that wants to invest up to $1 billion into PG&E's transmission system received approval to join CAISO as a participating transmission owner.
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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The California PUC approved rules requiring the state’s three large investor-owned utilities to meet stricter timelines and targets for connecting electricity customers to the grid.
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The DOE awarded grants to nearly 300 projects at hydroelectric facilities to enhance dam safety, strengthen grid resilience and improve the environment.
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The D.C. Circuit ruled in favor of Pacific Gas and Electric in the latest twist in a nearly two-decade dispute with the San Francisco over a distribution system wheeling contract between the two entities.
CPUC
Intense heat coupled with this summer’s early and active fire season will likely increase the need for public safety power shutoffs later this year, according to utilities presenting at a California PUC workshop.
LS Power
FERC approved two incentives Pacific Gas and Electric requested to support work it will undertake with LS Power for four transmission projects included in CAISO’s 2021/22 transmission plan.
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A California wildfire fund created by state lawmakers in 2019 could serve as a model for a similar nationwide fund, speakers said during a webinar hosted by Americans for a Clean Energy Grid.
Cal Fire
CAISO declared its first transmission emergency of the summer as a fast-spreading Northern California fire forced PG&E to de-energize transmission lines near one of the state’s key hydroelectric facilities.
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