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CAISO Provides More Details on Blackouts

Explains Conservation Efforts in Letter to Governor
Aug 24, 2020
Hudson Sangree
The three California organizations that oversee electricity responded to a request by Gov. Gavin Newsom to explain why the state had two days of rolling blackouts on Aug. 14 and 15 and would have had more if not for statewide conservation efforts. "We agree that the power outages experienced by...
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Are California Utilities Ready for Fire Season?

'We are ready,' PG&E President Says
Aug 23, 2020
Hudson Sangree
Lightning started most of the major wildfires now ravaging parts of California, but the fall season, when utility equipment tends to start fires, is coming fast. Regulators and reliability coordinators want utilities to be ready, especially with regard to public safety power shutoffs (PSPS) to prevent fires ignited by electrical...
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CPUC Questions CAISO Day-ahead Capacity Plan

Aug 3, 2020
Robert Mullin
CAISO’s proposal to develop new capacity products through its day-ahead market enhancements (DAME) initiative could radically transform California’s resource adequacy landscape while not yielding expected benefits, a key skeptic of the plan said last week. "I agree that in the vast majority of situations having a market price is an...
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Calif. PUC Seeks to Beef up Risk Assessment for IOUs

Jul 16, 2020
Hudson Sangree
The California Public Utilities Commission on Thursday opened a new proceeding to determine if investor-owned utilities should more rigorously assess risks from climate change and wildfires and evaluate the measures they employ to mitigate them. The commission’s Order Instituting Rulemaking (OIR) seeks to build on its prior risk-based programs, including...
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Calif. Rushing Microgrids for Fire Season Shutoffs

Hydrogen Fuel Cells Key to Longer Duration Needs, Advocate Says
Jul 13, 2020
Hudson Sangree
California is moving quickly to adopt microgrids to store wind and solar energy and to provide electricity during public safety power shutoffs (PSPS) in wildfire season, but long-term energy storage and resilience remain problems, panelists said last week at a California Energy Commission workshop on "Assessing the Future Role for...
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CPUC Calls FERC Tx Incentive Plan ‘Atrocious’

Jun 25, 2020
Hudson Sangree
California Public Utilities Commission members on Thursday called FERC’s proposal to double its transmission incentive adder and make the bonuses easier to get "disgusting," "appalling" and enough to make "one’s blood boil." The commissioners made their comments before voting unanimously to authorize CPUC lawyers to file comments with FERC opposing...
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California PUC Approves Microgrids, Fire Plans

Adopts Central Procurement for LSEs and Shutoff Rules for Nonpayment
Jun 11, 2020
Hudson Sangree
The California Public Utilities Commission adopted measures Thursday to prepare for this year’s fire season by accelerating the deployment of microgrids and approving the wildfire prevention plans of investor-owned utilities. The commissioners also approved a controversial proposal to ensure the state’s community choice aggregators meet resource adequacy requirements through a...
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CPUC Approves PG&E Bankruptcy Plan

Commissioners Warn PG&E that Failure Could Mean Replacement
May 28, 2020
Hudson Sangree
The California Public Utilities Commission unanimously approved Pacific Gas and Electric’s Chapter 11 reorganization plan Thursday but warned it will now have regulatory mechanisms to end the utility’s century-old electric monopoly should it fail to ensure public safety. Part of the proposed decision approved by the CPUC provides for a...
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Improper Email Delays CPUC Vote on PG&E Plan

CPUC President Expresses Displeasure at Postponed Decision on Reorganization
May 21, 2020
Hudson Sangree
The California Public Utilities Commission unexpectedly postponed its planned vote Thursday on Pacific Gas and Electric’s bankruptcy reorganization plan because a party to the proceedings improperly sent out a mass email earlier in the week. "This proposed decision is being held because a party sent an ex parte communication by...
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CPUC, PG&E Agree to Record $1.9B in Penalties

Rechtschaffen Acknowledges ‘Deeply Unsatisfying’ Agreement Structure
May 7, 2020
Hudson Sangree
The California Public Utilities Commission unanimously approved a settlement Thursday with Pacific Gas and Electric that imposes record penalties of more than $1.9 billion on the bankrupt utility for safety and maintenance lapses that led to massive wildfires in 2017 and 2018. But the unusual structure of the agreement left...
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