Public utilities can bill directly for hundreds of millions of dollars in shareholder returns despite being in what critics call a lower-risk business.

In the wake of a spate of fires at battery storage facilities across the state, the California Public Utilities Commission will soon vote on establishing new standards for maintaining and operating them. If passed, the proposal also increases oversight for emergency response at energy storage sites that use batteries.

The vote comes against a backdrop of lawsuits claiming the utility is responsible for the recent Eaton Fire in Los Angeles.

Residents and business owners in parts of Northern California will soon have access to a new area code, according to the California Public Utilities Commission.

Another pervasive myth about renewables is that they won’t be able to support a lot more electric vehicles, induction stoves, and heat pumps plugging into the grid. But here, too, California busts the myth: Between 2023 and 2024, demand on the state’s grid during the study period actually dropped by about 1 percent.

Officials say that the proposal will make other technical updates to the standards to improve safety, reliability, and effectiveness of operating and maintenance activities, such as establishing techn

The California Public Utilities Commission announced on Monday that they have begun investigating the battery facility fire in Moss Landing that occurred on Jan. 16, 2025.

Southern California Edison has reported a Jan. 7 fault on a power line that was connected miles away from the lines located near the origin of the deadly Eaton Fire that sparked that day.

Northern Californians get the new 837 area code in 2025. Here's where, why, who gets it, and why this is different from the 916 shift, the state said.

State Assemblymember Dawn Addis introduces bill removing fast-track state permitting of BESS projects like the one that caught fire in Moss Landing.

The utility company maintained that the current increase remained within the design limits and did not trigger system protection on these lines.

The CPUC will vote on a proposal adopting new safety standards for the maintenance and operation of battery energy storage systems.