California wildfires
PG&E canceled its anticipated blackouts after saying it might shut off power to nearly 400,000 residents to prevent wildfires.
The California PUC might implement the strict regimen of oversight and enforcement that PG&E agreed to last year as part of its bankruptcy plan.
PG&E acknowledged it needs to get better at notifying local authorities and customers before shutting off power to prevent wildfires.
NARUC panelists examined the extraordinary events last summer in the Western Interconnection, including California's rolling blackouts.
PG&E executives tried to reassure investors that the company is moving forward from its bankruptcy and the wildfires of the past three years.
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.
Stakeholders discussed the proliferation of electric vehicles and forest management at the California Energy Commission's EPIC Symposium.
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.
California fire investigators are looking at a PG&E distribution line as the potential cause of a fire that killed four people last month.
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