NERC urged FERC to reject a request by Californians for Green Nuclear Power to overturn the planned closing of Diablo Canyon Power Plant.

The California Public Utilities Commission opened a proceeding to help prevent summer blackouts like those in August and September.

PG&E acknowledged it needs to get better at notifying local authorities and customers before shutting off power to prevent wildfires.

Former CPUC President Loretta Lynch said Ca. should review the rolling blackouts of mid-August and potential market manipulation in CAISO.

The CPUC voted unanimously to enact a moratorium on a longstanding program that provides $30 million to $75 million annually to shareholders.

SoCal told the state Public Utilities Commission that one of its power lines might have started the Silverado Fire.

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.