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Cell Industry Fights Rules To Require Backup Power At Cell Towers In Fire Zones

Long before Public Safety Power Shutoffs, Call Kurtis Investigates questioned phone companies on what they’re doing to make sure people in the line of wildfire have means to communicate.

PG&E trying a new tactic in power cuts to prevent wildfires

The nation’s largest utility said Tuesday it is executing smarter and shorter power shutoffs after receiving widespread criticism last year when it turned off electricity to 2 million people to

Can a multi-state energy grid avert power outages in California?

The pair of statewide power outages in August that hit the Golden State for the first time in nearly 20 years has resurrected the debate over whether California should join

PG&E: Plan to raise monthly utility bills for wildfires is killed in Sacramento

A legislative plan to raise bills for customers of PG&E and other utility behemoths in California in a quest to combat wildfires — and bankroll other projects — has been

Wildfire funding bill dies in California Legislature

California lawmakers abandoned a last-minute bill that would have raised $3 billion for wildfire and climate change projects by extending an existing fee on some utility customers. The proposal, AB

California Democrats scuttle wildfire utility fee plan, turn to Newsom in last-ditch effort

Facing heavy opposition, California lawmakers have scrapped a last-minute bill to extend fees for utility customers and plan to replace it with a more modest call for $500 million in

Frontier Communications’ ‘Virtual Separation’ Alarms Groups

A labor union and consumer advocacy group have raised concerns about Frontier Communications‘ proposed “virtual separation” plan that could split the company between areas. The Communications Workers of America

Coronavirus fallout: PG&E bills might jump for some work-from-home customers

Coronavirus-linked government orders have produced layoffs, furloughs, business shutdowns, and forced people to work from home — and now the mandates may result in higher PG&E electric bills for some

In wake of blackouts, advocacy groups call for independent investigation and release of confidential data

Advocacy groups on each side of the country are calling on regulators and prosecutors to intervene in response to rolling blackouts in California earlier this month. In San Francisco, the

Consumer Action opposes California Proposition 24

Californians for Real Privacy – No on Proposition 24.— Consumer Action has endorsed a “Vote No” position on Proposition 24 on the November 2020 ballot. Founded in 1971, Consumer Action

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