California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC)
The governor's senior energy adviser, Alice Reynolds, will move in December to the CPUC, an agency struggling to head off wildfires and capacity shortfalls.
The California Public Utilities Commission said that large utilities are meeting renewable mandates but smaller utilities and CCAs need to catch up.
PG&E could face additional oversight and enforcement if it fails to meet new safety metrics adopted by the California Public Utilities Commission.
Worried about reliability, the California PUC voted to increase the volume of natural gas stored at Aliso Canyon, site of a massive methane leak in 2015.
The CPUC unveiled plans Friday to head off capacity shortfalls in the next two summers through additional demand-response and procurement orders.
The California PUC began investigating the safety practices of gas and electric utilities under its jurisdiction to head off disasters.
CPUC President Marybel Batjer — who has tackled wildfires, blackouts and PG&E — said she'll leave at the end of the year, with five years left in her term.
California wants to divert more waste from landfills to produce renewable natural gas and to reduce wildfire hazards.
The CPUC and the judge overseeing PG&E's probation are leaning on the utility to clear trees from lines that could start fires.
The CPUC approved the state's largest rollout of covered conductor, with Southern California Edison planning to install 4,500 miles, costing nearly $2 billion.
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