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State, federal officials take different paths trying to stop utilities from causing wildfires

Nearly two years after one of the deadliest corporate crimes in California history — a utility-sparked wildfire that killed scores of people and destroyed the city of Paradise in rural

SDG&E wants to ditch winter and summer pricing on customers’ bills

If you inspect your monthly bill from San Diego Gas & Electric, you’ve probably noticed that rates are more expensive in the summer months than in winter. But on Monday,

State utility regulators waive opposition to SDG&E petition to U.S. Supreme Court

California electricity regulators recently waived their right to oppose a petition San Diego Gas & Electric filed with the U.S. Supreme Court in its effort to get customers to pay

California approves power outages to prevent more wildfires

California regulators on Thursday approved allowing utilities to cut off electricity to possibly hundreds of thousands of customers to avoid catastrophic wildfires like the one sparked by power lines last

San Diego Gas & Electric Hits Snag in California Microgrids Rollout

Early last year, California utility San Diego Gas & Electric launched a community microgrid project, meant not only to boost the state’s adoption of energy storage, but to serve as

SDG&E Shows its Hand on Electric Vehicles, Prioritizing Profits Over its Customers and the Environment

In January 2017, San Diego Gas and Electric (SDG&E) submitted an Application to the California Public Utilities Commission to collect over $700 million for a program to install and own

De-energize and DERs: The tough options wildfires pose for California utilities

Devastating wildfires have brought California’s utilities and policymakers face to face with a hard choice, illustrated last fall by the experience of Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E), the state’s biggest

California looks to electricity shutoffs as a faster, cheaper wildfire solution

Electric utilities are under increasing pressure to shut down power lines during dangerous weather conditions to stop fires from sparking. And state officials want to make sure those shutoffs don’t

Cheaper energy bills in San Diego next summer? Utility attempts change

If you had an air conditioner on this summer, there’s a chance your bill included a financial punch in the gut in the form of a “high usage charge.” San

Credit ratings agency downgrades SDG&E and other California utilities over wildfire concerns

San Diego Gas & Electric received a downgrade this month from one of the nation’s top credit ratings agencies but SDG&E was not alone, as California’s two other investor-owned utilities

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