The California Public Utilities Commission decided to extend the general rate case cycle for the state’s investor-owned utilities from three years to four.

DERs such as rooftop solar panels and batteries may pose a higher risk for grid stability than previously thought, the chief engineer for SDG&E warned.

California officials hammered PG&E executives during a legislative hearing over the utility’s mishandling of multiple public safety power shutoffs.

As roughly 600,000 Pacific Gas and Electric customers remained without power, the president of the California PUC called the situation “unacceptable.”

PG&E shut down power to large swaths of its Northern California service territory, citing gusty winds that could cause utility-sparked conflagrations.

FERC again upheld the RTO incentives it previously approved for Southern California Edison and PG&E, rejecting rehearing requests by California regulators.

The California PUC authorized costs for a new safety program as part of San Diego Gas & Electric and Southern California Gas' general rate case.

San Diego and neighboring cities plan to form a community choice aggregation (CCA) program that would be California's second largest.

West Coast utility regulators held a “wildfire dialogue," bringing together utility and fire science experts to discuss ways to reduce the danger.

California must find new approaches to long-term forecasting and collaboration, speakers said at a California Energy Commission workshop.