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CPUC Tries to Head off Summer Blackouts

Nov 23, 2020
Hudson Sangree
The California Public Utilities Commission opened a proceeding Thursday to help prevent energy emergencies next summer like those that occurred in August and September. The rulemaking is intended to identify and institute near-term measures that could limit energy consumption and boost generation during heat waves that strain the Western grid.
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PG&E Working to Improve Safety Blackouts

IOUs Made Strides this Year but Still Work to do, CPUC Says
Nov 15, 2020
Hudson Sangree
Pacific Gas and Electric on Thursday acknowledged it needs to get better at notifying local authorities and customers before shutting off power to prevent wildfires, but the utility said it performed far better this fall than it did last year. In its report to the California Public Utilities Commission on...
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Former CPUC President Calls for CAISO Probe

Lynch Says Calif. AG Should Investigate Grid Management Practices
Nov 11, 2020
Hudson Sangree
A former president of the California Public Utilities Commission said Tuesday that the state attorney general should look into the rolling blackouts of mid-August with an eye toward signs of market manipulation in CAISO’s grid. Loretta Lynch, CPUC president from 2000 to 2002 and a commissioner through 2005, spoke during...
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CPUC Stops IOU Energy Efficiency Incentives

Commissioners Disagree with ALJ About Continuing Program
Nov 5, 2020
Hudson Sangree
The California Public Utilities Commission voted unanimously Thursday to enact a moratorium on a longstanding program that provides $30 million to $75 million annually to shareholders of the state’s three big investor-owned utilities for administering energy efficiency programs. The commission’s decision represented a rare disagreement with one of its own...
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SoCal Edison Line May Have Sparked Silverado Fire

Utility Now Under Scrutiny in 2 Major Wildland Blazes
Oct 28, 2020
Hudson Sangree
Southern California Edison told the state Public Utilities Commission on Tuesday that one of its power lines might have started the Silverado Fire, an explosive blaze that critically injured two firefighters and caused tens of thousands of residents to flee their homes this week. "It appears that a lashing wire...
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CPUC Tries to Fix PSPS Funding Foul-up

Grants for Well Pumps Overwhelmed Program to Help Vulnerable Residents
Oct 22, 2020
Hudson Sangree
The California Public Utilities Commission acted to correct a "serious omission" Thursday that it said had resulted in huge sums of money going to owners of rural homes, regardless of income, to provide battery backup for electric well pumps. The commission voted 4-1 to limit its Self-Generation Incentive Program’s (SGIP)...
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PSPS Relief Funds Not Spent as Intended, CPUC Says

Millions Meant for At-risk Customers May Have Gone to Wealthier Homeowners
Oct 12, 2020
Hudson Sangree
A big part of $612 million intended to provide battery backup to homes in high fire-threat areas has been gobbled up by customers who use electricity to pump well water instead of helping the low-income and medically vulnerable residents it was meant for, the California Public Utilities Commission said Thursday.
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CAISO Says Constrained Tx Contributed to Blackouts

Convergence Bidding, Under-scheduling also Major Causes, Report Says
Oct 7, 2020
Hudson Sangree and Robert Mullin
A report on the causes of California’s August blackouts details for the first time the role that convergence bidding played in masking tight supply and contends that constrained transmission prevented much needed imports from reaching the state. The 107-page report to Gov. Gavin Newsom by CAISO, the California Public Utilities...
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Calif. IOUs Escape Blame for Fires so Far

SCE Line Under Investigation for Bobcat Fire near Los Angeles
Oct 4, 2020
Hudson Sangree
More than 8,000 wildfires have burned nearly 4 million acres in California this year, but there’s little indication that utility equipment played a role in starting major blazes. That differs markedly from the last three years, when equipment belonging to Southern California Edison and Pacific Gas and Electric was blamed...
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‘Future is Now’ for Electric Truck Fleets, EEI Told

Sep 13, 2020
Rich Heidorn Jr.
Executives from Volvo and FedEx told the Edison Electric Institute last week they are fully committed to transitioning to electric trucks but need utilities’ help on rate structures and charging infrastructure. For "what we do, which is last-mile delivery … electricity is the most efficient energy source for a vehicle...
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