Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E)
PG&E acknowledged it needs to get better at notifying local authorities and customers before shutting off power to prevent wildfires.
Researchers, utilities and stakeholders discussed EV rate designs and utility programs at NARUC's Annual Meeting and Education Conference.
PG&E executives tried to reassure investors that the company is moving forward from its bankruptcy and the wildfires of the past three years.
PG&E said a line suspected of starting the Zogg Fire remained active while other circuits in the same region were de-energized.
In a 142-page ruling, FERC partly affirmed an administrative law judge’s decision on PG&E’s proposed increases to its transmission rates.
Funds intended to provide batteries to poor residents in high fire-threat areas have been used by customers for pumping well water.
California fire investigators are looking at a PG&E distribution line as the potential cause of a fire that killed four people last month.
An appeals court vacated FERC orders that threatened to force a jurisdictional standoff with the judge overseeing PG&E’s bankruptcy.
Wildfires have burned nearly 4 million acres in California this year, but there’s little indication utility equipment played a role.
EIM stakeholders broadly support a proposal that would expand the Governing Body’s approval authority and grant it a “more collaborative” relationship with CAISO’s board.
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