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Hedge Funds Cash Out Billions in PG&E Stock. Fire Survivors Suffer and Wait

October 11, 2021 / By Lily Jamali

Source: KQED

Pacific Gas & Electric Company has been called a “terror” to the people of California. Its electric grid has sparked wildfires each of the last four years and is suspected

As California’s solar net metering battle goes to regulators, a focus on reliability may be the best answer

October 1, 2021 / By Herman K. Trabish

Source: Utility Dive

Uncompromising final arguments were filed Sept. 14 in the nationally-watched debate to set a behind-the-meter (BTM) solar tariff in California to succeed the state’s retail rate net energy metering (NEM).

PG&E plan to curb wildfires is working; here’s why some Sonoma County residents want it to end

September 30, 2021 / By Colin Atagi

Source: The Press Democrat

PG&E says its 3-month-old plan to curb wildfires by turning off power lines if they are touched by a small animal or a tree branch has been massively successful. But

California Public Utilities president stepping down at the end of the year

September 28, 2021 / By Rob Nikolewski

Source: The San Diego Union-Tribune

California Public Utilities Commission President Marybel Batjer announced Tuesday she is resigning at the end of the year, finishing off two-plus years of sometimes tumultuous events at the regulatory agency

San Diego Gas & Electric to Refund $51.6 Million, Institute Whistleblower Training

September 14, 2021 / By Geoff Schweller

Source: Whistleblower Network News

San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) has reached a deal with consumer groups to refund $51.6 million to ratepayers and pay a $5.5 million fine in connection to an issue-laden

SDG&E pays $51.6 million in refunds after botched lightbulb program

September 9, 2021 / By Rob Nikolewski

Source: The San Diego Union-Tribune

San Diego Gas & Electric has finalized an agreement regarding a botched lightbulb project that will see the utility refund $51.6 million to ratepayers and pay a $5.5 million fine.

Key regulatory decision leaves California reliability issues unresolved, aggravates tensions

September 8, 2021 / By Herman K. Trabish

Source: Utility Dive

With hurricanes and wildfires across the country making concerns about reliability more urgent than ever, there is much to learn from how a regulatory decision weakened a fragile collaboration between

Utility shutoff moratoriums protected many consumers earlier in the pandemic. What happens now?

September 8, 2021 / By Jason Plautz

Source: Utility Dive

Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, as governments were scrambling to figure out how to protect both public health and the economy, Elizabeth Marx reached out to Pennsylvania authorities with a

Local Mayor Dyer Opposes 22% PG&E Hikes. Will Council Follow?

August 31, 2021 / By David Taub

Source: GW Wire

The city of Fresno is saying no to proposed PG&E rate increases. Mayor Jerry Dyer wrote a letter to the California Public Utilities Commission on Aug. 19 with concerns about

Edison bills going up $12.41 per month due to fires

August 28, 2021 / By Marianne Napoles

Source: Chino Hill Champions

Southern California Edison (SCE) customers will see a $12.41 per month increase on their electric bills starting Oct. 1 because of the utility’s proposal to insulate 4,500 circuit miles of

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Hedge Funds Cash Out Billions in PG&E Stock. Fire Survivors Suffer and Wait

As California’s solar net metering battle goes to regulators, a focus on reliability may be the best answer

PG&E plan to curb wildfires is working; here’s why some Sonoma County residents want it to end

California Public Utilities president stepping down at the end of the year

San Diego Gas & Electric to Refund $51.6 Million, Institute Whistleblower Training

SDG&E pays $51.6 million in refunds after botched lightbulb program

Key regulatory decision leaves California reliability issues unresolved, aggravates tensions

Utility shutoff moratoriums protected many consumers earlier in the pandemic. What happens now?

Local Mayor Dyer Opposes 22% PG&E Hikes. Will Council Follow?

Edison bills going up $12.41 per month due to fires

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