The California Energy Commission (CEC) approved $10 million in grants for microgrids projects.

The California State Senate passed legislation that would allow the state’s investor-owned utilities to pass through the costs of wildfires to ratepayers.

The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) authorized the state’s investor-owned utilities to recover $738 million for electric vehicles (EV) charging infrastructure.

Trees contacting Pacific Gas and Electric distribution lines caused four Northern California wildfires last year that burned about 9,400 acres, state investigators said.

California will need between 229,000 and 279,000 electric vehicle chargers at locations other than single-family homes by 2025, the California Energy Commission said.

The California Public Utilities Commission voted unanimously to allow Southern California Gas to temporarily increase gas injections into Aliso Canyon.

The California Energy Commission (CEC) unanimously approved a mandate requiring new homes in the Golden State to include rooftop solar.

The CPUC warned that the state could return to the conditions preceding the energy crisis of the early 2000s if decision-making is not managed correctly.

Edison International is hopeful that several California bills will ease the financial pressure stemming from wildfire costs.

A bill that would allow utilities to recover wildfire costs if they conform to state-regulated safety plans moved through the California legislature, but it faces opposition from some who say it lets utilities off the hook.