Thirty parties submitted comments to the California PUC on a controversial rooftop solar net-metering decision that the commission is revisiting.

PG&E is seeking a 23% electric rate increase in 2023-26 on top of the 19% it received this year, eliciting protests from customers and ratepayer advocates.

A two-day summit on soaring utility rates looked at covering wildfire prevention and clean-energy costs with funding from sources other than ratepayers.

The CPUC is worried about customers after approving back-to-back $1 billion cost increases for PG&E and substantial rate hikes for the state’s other big IOUs.

The California Public Utilities Commission approved proposals to head off capacity shortfalls in summer 2022 and 2023, including increasing demand response.

The California Public Utilities Commission said that large utilities are meeting renewable mandates but smaller utilities and CCAs need to catch up.

The CPUC unveiled plans Friday to head off capacity shortfalls in the next two summers through additional demand-response and procurement orders.

The electrification of trucking fleets will require utilities to adopt smart grid technologies and design new rates, panelists said during a SEPA panel.

The CPUC proposed requiring electric providers to procure 11.5 GW of new resources between 2023 and 2026 to meet the state’s reliability needs.

FERC issued a set of orders signaling the disputes around the Western energy crisis of 2000/01 might finally be winding down.