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Why running your washing machine in the evening could soon cost you more money

September 18, 2018 / By Tony Bizjak

If you like to crank up your air conditioner or dishwasher in the evening, think twice. It’s about to cost you more on your electricity bill. The Sacramento Municipal Utility

California Gov. Jerry Brown could sign wildfire bill critics have dubbed as a ‘bailout’

September 11, 2018 / By Jeff Daniels

Source: CNBC

A California bill that would allow investor-owned utilities to pass on wildfires-related costs to ratepayers could be signed as early as this week by Gov. Jerry Brown, despite charges

Environment Report: The Future of CCAs Is Being Hashed Out in a Flood of Private Meetings

September 10, 2018 / By Ry Rivard

Source: Voice of San Diego

Over the last month, regulators from the California Public Utilities Commission have had a deluge of private meetings with utility company officials and officials representing government-run power agencies known as

Attn SoCal Edison Customers: Your Bill May Be About To Go Up To Prevent Wildfires

September 10, 2018 / By Sharon McNary

Source: LAist

Your power bill will go up next year if Southern California Edison gets permission from state regulators to spend nearly $600 million to make its equipment less likely to start

Western RTO Proponents Vow to Keep Trying

September 9, 2018 / By Hudson Sangree

Source: RTO Insider

Three times in three years, proponents of an organized market in the Western Interconnection have tried and failed to turn CAISO into an RTO. Opponents say it’s time to give

CCA 101: How does Community Choice Aggregation work? What you need to know

September 9, 2018 / By Rob Nikolewski

Source: The San Diego Union-Tribune

The name may sound clunky, but Community Choice Aggregation, or CCA, is one of the hottest energy topics in California and may upend the long-time relationship between utilities and customers.

California Today: A Bailout for the Power Company?

September 6, 2018 / By Ivan Penn and Matt Stevens

Source: The New York Times

The legislative session is over for this year. But the shouting about at least one piece of legislation may not be. After a succession of fierce California wildfires, lawmakers voted

California Passes Bill to Rescue Utility Facing Fire Costs

September 5, 2018 / By Erin Ailworth and Sara Randazzo

Source: The Wall Street Journal

California lawmakers approved legislation late Friday night to rescue the state’s largest utility by letting it bill ratepayers for some of the billions in liability it faces following 2017’s catastrophic

Legislature passes bill to help protect PG&E from wildfire damage suits

September 5, 2018 / By Melody Gutierrez and David Baker

Source: San Francisco Chronicle

As Sen. Bill Dodd walked out of the state Capitol in the early hours of Saturday, he said he had a great sense of relief that the Legislature averted an

Mayors Of Sf, Sj, Oakland Oppose Commissioner’s Proposal For Energy Exit Fee

September 4, 2018 / By SF Gate

Source: Bay City News Service

The mayors of San Francisco, San Jose and Oakland called on the California Public Utilities Commission today to reject a proposal that they claim would increase the exit fees for

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