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California lawmakers grapple with how to prevent deadly wildfires and who should pay victims

July 25, 2018 / By John Myers

California lawmakers weighed a series of difficult options on Wednesday to revamp laws designed to lessen the likelihood of catastrophic wildfires, and considered the thorny question of who should foot

Hearings Begin To Decide Who’ll Pay For Damage Caused By October Wildfires

July 25, 2018 / By Lenor Abrams

Source: 13 CBS Sacramento

Almost a year after the devastating October wildfires, California lawmakers held the first of many hearings Wednesday to see who’ll pay for billions of dollars in wildfire damages. It’s a

Money slated to put PG&E power lines underground was diverted for years: 2 Investigates

July 24, 2018 / By Candice Nguyen

Source: Fox 2 KTVU

For decades, Pacific Gas & Electric had been diverting money away from power line undergrounding projects to what it calls “other high priority system improvements.” PG&E did not provide 2

As California grid expansion nears finish line, hurdles only get higher

July 24, 2018 / By Herman K. Trabish

Source: Utility Dive

California may finally achieve its dream of an integrated western grid — if skeptics can be convinced the state’s energy policies and economy are protected. Regionalizing would eliminate barriers between

California lawmakers could change law to help utilities offset wildfire risk and save them billions of dollars

July 20, 2018 / By Jeff Daniels

Source: CNBC

California has a history of power lines or faulty equipment sometimes sparking wildfires, and a state fire agency recently pinned the blame on PG&E for at least 16 of last

California Wants to Reinvent the Power Grid. So What Could Go Wrong?

July 20, 2018 / By Ivan Penn

Source: The New York Times

Two decades ago, when California deregulated the delivery of electric power, lawmakers, regulators and even some environmentalists hailed the decision as a way to lower consumers’ bills. The strategy proved

San Onofre emails show history of private meetings between regulators, energy insiders and advisers to Gov. Jerry Brown

July 17, 2018 / By Jeff McDonald

Source: The San Diego Union-Tribune

Emails that California utility regulators withheld for years — and recently released under a court order — show that political appointees of Gov. Jerry Brown met privately to discuss state

Pro-PG&E wildfire bill written by lawmaker whose son works at PG&E

July 17, 2018 / By David R. Baker

Source: SF Gate

The East Bay assemblyman who wrote a bill that would make Pacific Gas and Electric Co. customers cover the costs of settling lawsuits from last year’s wildfires has a son

Plan To Spread California Grid Poised To Fail Miserably

July 13, 2018 / By Jason Hopkins

Source: Conservative Tribune

Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown wants to integrate California’s power grid with surrounding states in order to reach its climate change goals, but the plan could have the opposite effect and

PG&E’s, utilities’ rising customer disconnections trigger statewide quest for solutions

July 12, 2018 / By George Avalos

Source: The Mercury News

PG&E and other investor-owned utilities in California cut off service to a record 886,000 households last year, leaving an estimated 2.5 million Californians without electricity, natural gas or both. That’s

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