PG&E said a line suspected of starting the Zogg Fire remained active while other circuits in the same region were de-energized.

The California PUC acted to correct a “serious omission” that it said had resulted in huge sums of money going to residents regardless of income.

WECC will take an interconnection-wide approach as it analyzes the events from an August heat wave that prompted CAISO to initiate rolling blackouts.

Funds intended to provide batteries to poor residents in high fire-threat areas have been used by customers for pumping well water.

A report on the causes of California’s August blackouts contends that constrained transmission prevented much needed imports from reaching the state.

Wildfires have burned nearly 4 million acres in California this year, but there’s little indication utility equipment played a role.

EIM stakeholders broadly support a proposal that would expand the Governing Body’s approval authority and grant it a “more collaborative” relationship with CAISO’s board.

CalCCA called on California Gov. Gavin Newsom to appoint an independent panel to review a pending report on the causes of the Aug. 14-15 rolling blackouts.

Four aging natural gas plants scheduled to retire in December will keep operating because of California’s anticipated capacity shortfall.

An ugly feud between members of the California PUC and its executive director, Alice Stebbins, played out in public during an online hearing.