Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E)
U.S. Forest Service
A bipartisan bill in the U.S. Senate would make it easier for utilities to clear trees around power lines on U.S. Forest Service land by not requiring a timber sale for the cut-down material.
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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.
California Energy Commission
The California Energy Commission has updated its energy demand forecast for data centers after receiving revised figures from Pacific Gas and Electric about data center growth.
PG&E
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.
Entergy Arkansas
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.
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