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California tees up proposals to securitize $7.5B in PG&E wildfire costs

April 7, 2021 / By Kavya Balaraman

Source: Utility Dive

Dive Brief: Regulators in California have teed up two proposals which, if approved over the next couple of months, would allow Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) to securitize $7.5 billion

Thinking of getting solar panels? California utilities want to slash ‘generous’ subsidies

March 30, 2021 / By Dale Kasler

Source: The Sacramento Bee

Ramon Torres, who lives in a subdivision between Madera and Fresno, used to pay hundreds of dollars a month for electricity in the summer. Lately, his summertime monthly bill from

PG&E defends controversial rate increases that took effect Monday

March 2, 2021 / By John Cox

Source: Bakersfield.com

Rate increases took effect Monday for residential customers of Pacific Gas and Electric Co. that the company said were mostly a response to heightened wildfire risks but which consumer advocates

PG&E raising rates again, will cost customers nearly $9 a month

March 2, 2021 / By Matt Bigler

Source: KCBS News

For the second time this year, PG&E is raising its rates. Both gas and electric service will cost customers more starting in March, an increase of about 4.6 percent on

PG&E faces more oversight over fire risk mitigation

February 26, 2021 / By Gayle Ong

Source: Fox 40

The California Public Utilities Commission has issued a proposal that, if approved, would place Pacific Gas and Electric Company into the first step of an enhanced oversight and enforcement process.

Experts tell California Public Utility Commission to brace for higher electricity rates

February 25, 2021 / By Martin Wisckol

Source: The Orange County Register

California’s push for green energy could be undermined and poorer households could shoulder a disproportionate share of growing electricity costs if the state fails to adapt to the changing energy

It’s Not Just Texas. The Energy Meltdown Can Happen to Your State, Too.

February 24, 2021 / By Nathalie Baptiste

Source: Mother Jones

Last week, during a historic and catastrophic winter storm that brought snow and ice to Texas, the state’s independent and unregulated power grid collapsed. At the height of the storm,

California’s electricity prices are so high that researchers worry people won’t ditch fossil fuel

February 23, 2021 / By J.D. Morris

Source: San Francisco Chronicle

California’s electricity prices are growing so high that they threaten the state’s ability to convince enough people to ditch fossil fuel-powered cars and appliances, new research says. The state’s electric

This is how PG&E says it will try to prevent wildfires in 2021

February 5, 2021 / By J.D. Morris ,Chase DiFeliciantonio

Source: San Francisco Chronicle

Pacific Gas and Electric Co. has come up with a new way to decide where and when it will make investments intended to prevent its power lines from starting more

Consumer Groups Seek SCE Settlement for One Million Missing Lightbulbs

February 1, 2021 / By Megan Jamerson

Source: Empire KVCR

A pair of consumer groups would like Southern California Edison to refund customers $124 million for a mismanaged lightbulb program. An investigation found that SCE lost track of over one

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