California regulators are trying to avoid a repeat of last year’s unprecedented use of PSPS to prevent utility equipment from igniting wildfires.

New PG&E CEO Patti Poppe vowed change as she laid out her vision for the utility, which reported a loss of $1.05/share for 2020.

The CPUC and state emergency officials told Southern California Edison that it had mishandled its public safety power shutoffs in 2020.

The California PUC ordered utilities to hasten the creation of microgrids, including establishing a $200 million incentive program for high risk communities

PG&E canceled its anticipated blackouts after saying it might shut off power to nearly 400,000 residents to prevent wildfires.

PG&E acknowledged it needs to get better at notifying local authorities and customers before shutting off power to prevent wildfires.

NARUC panelists examined the extraordinary events last summer in the Western Interconnection, including California's rolling blackouts.

PG&E executives tried to reassure investors that the company is moving forward from its bankruptcy and the wildfires of the past three years.

SoCal told the state Public Utilities Commission that one of its power lines might have started the Silverado Fire.

PG&E said a line suspected of starting the Zogg Fire remained active while other circuits in the same region were de-energized.