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

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

Telecom executives face California Public Utilities Commission on outages during power shutoffs

In a three-hour long question and answer session, executives from every major telecom company in California — including AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile — addressed the California Public Utilities Commission about

As Bay Area recovers from PG&E power shutoff, many ask: ‘Was this necessary’?

For many Northern Californians, there was little remarkable about the weather that swept through the region in the middle of last week. Bone-dry winds came down from the north and

Column: What the heck has gone wrong here in California? From owning the future to blacked out

I was on the phone the other day with my sister, who lives in the Bay Area, and she said she had to get ready to deal with a planned

CPUC President Calls PG&E’s Management Of Shutoffs ‘Unacceptable’

The California Public Utilities Commission on Thursday blasted PG&E amid the utility’s Public Safety Power Shutoff, which has affected more than 800,000 customers throughout the state since Wednesday. During the

For Northern California’s most vulnerable residents, PG&E power outages raise fears, anger

ROUGH AND READY — Jennifer Bauer got a taste this week of Northern California’s new fire safety normal and didn’t much care for it. After a planned power outage left

PG&E Starts Power Shutoffs, Seeks $1B Safety Rate Hike

As PG&E announced wildfire safety shutoffs in the Sierra foothills on Monday, one top official with the bankrupt company sought to convince regulators to back a $1 billion rate hike

PG&E shut-off plan to prevent fires troubles vulnerable customers

In Eddie Lopez’s Concord home, electricity does far more than keep the lights on: It powers life-sustaining machinery that his daughter depends on every day. Born with cerebral palsy that

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

Governor Signs TURN Bill to Reduce Shutoffs

With utility bills rising, more and more California consumers face the threat of being shut off from essential heat, light and hot water. Shutoffs already affect over 2 million Californians,

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