The debate over using large-scale blackouts to prevent wildfires in California has become more urgent as the state heads into another fire season. | Technosylva
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The California PUC and CAISO instituted new resource adequacy requirements and conservation programs in preparation for the coming summer. | California PUC
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The Zogg Fire started when a leaning tree struck a PG&E power line, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said. | Jeff Head via Flickr
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California regulators are trying to avoid a repeat of last year’s unprecedented use of public safety power shutoffs to prevent utility equipment from igniting wildfires. | California State Assembly
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California’s energy policy leaders came together to weigh the potential impact of the state’s sharply rising electricity rates on its electrification goals. | CPUC
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New PG&E Corp. CEO Patti Poppe vowed change as she laid out her vision for the state’s largest utility, which reported a loss of $1.05/share for 2020. | Tanner Hembree/USDA Forest Service
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The California PUC is seeking ways to help the millions of utility customers with their past-due energy bills stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic. | California PUC
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Pacific Gas and Electric submitted its latest wildfire prevention plan to the California Public Utilities Commission as it faces threats of intense scrutiny. | Shasta County Sheriff’s Office
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PG&E has agreed to sell rights to install wireless communications equipment on 700 transmission towers to SBA Communications. | Shutterstock
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CAISO’s top priority in 2021 will be making sure there is enough generating capacity for summer after last year’s shortfalls. | © RTO Insider
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Pacific Gas and Electric canceled its anticipated blackouts after saying it might shut off power to nearly 400,000 residents to prevent wildfires. | PG&E
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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
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CMS Energy CEO Patti Poppe will depart the Michigan-based utility to become CEO of PG&E, the companies announced. | Whirlpool
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PG&E acknowledged it needs to get better at notifying local authorities and customers before shutting off power to prevent wildfires. | PG&E
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PG&E said a line suspected of starting the Zogg Fire remained active while other circuits in the same region were de-energized. | Jeff Head via Flickr
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FERC partly affirmed an administrative law judge’s decision on PG&E’s proposed increases to its transmission rates. | © RTO Insider
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Funding intended to provide batteries to low-income and medically vulnerable residents in high fire-threat areas has been gobbled up by customers using electricity to pump well water, the CPUC said. | Edison International
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Wildfires have burned nearly 4 million acres in California this year, but there’s little indication that utility equipment played a role in starting major blazes.
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EIM stakeholders broadly support a proposal that would expand the Governing Body’s approval authority and grant it a “more collaborative” relationship with CAISO’s board. | CAISO
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The California PUC greenlit a major expansion of the state’s EV charging program and approved contracts signed by investor-owned utilities to procure 1.2 GW of battery storage. | SCE
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