State regulators approve Edison’s wildfire prevention plan despite concerns
The California Public Utilities Commission voted to approve Southern California Edison’s wildfire mitigation plan, ignoring ...
Edison under scrutiny for Eaton fire. Who pays liability will be ‘new frontier’ for California
The L.A.-area fires may pose the first big test of California’s wildfire fund, which was set up in 2019 to protect utilities ...
San Mateo County power outage affecting tens of thousands of PG&E customers
A power outage in San Mateo County left nearly 40,000 Pacific Gas and Electric customers without electricity Thursday morning ...
Who will pay for LA fire damages? Complexities abound.
High voltage power lines? Arson? Embers from a minor blaze that smoldered and reignited days later? All of the above?
Power lines, hikers, arson: What might have sparked LA's devastating fires?
Investigators are scouring video footage, witness testimony and debris to identify the origins of two deadly fires.
Worst-case scenario: County official calls for ‘independent investigation’ of Moss Landing battery fire
Supervisor Glenn Church and State Assemblymember Dawn Addis are. calling for the Vistra Moss Landing Battery Energy Storage ...
How Will L.A. Rebuild? The Recovery From the Wine Country Fire Offers Clues.
The Tubbs fire in 2017 wiped out more than 5,000 structures in a Northern California county. Homeowners faced challenges, but ...
With nuclear power on the rise, reducing conspiracies and increasing public education is key
After years of public discourse related to its safety, costs and waste, nuclear power is making a comeback as a core energy ...
SF Peninsula power outage fully restored
An unplanned power outage on the San Francisco Peninsula is impacting approximately 36,000 customers Thursday morning, ...
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Marin Voice: PG&E VP shares utility’s core commitments with ratepayers
We’ve heard loud and clear from customers in Marin and across our service area that recent rate increases are unsustainable.
PSE electric, gas rate hikes approved
The approved rate increases are higher than what was approved in December 2022 during PSE’s last rate case. During that case, ...
The Bay Area’s Pacific Palisades: This is one of the cities most at risk of urban firestorm
In 2019, when state lawmakers were grappling with the bankruptcy of Pacific Gas and Electric Co., California’s largest electrical utility, they needed an estimate of how much a worst-case-scenario ...