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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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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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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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The CPUC and state emergency officials told Southern California Edison that it had mishandled its public safety power shutoffs in 2020. | U.S. Forest Service
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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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Southern California Edison told the state Public Utilities Commission that one of its power lines might have started the Silverado Fire. | Orange County Fire Authority
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Stakeholders discussed the proliferation of electric vehicles and forest management at the California Energy Commission’s EPIC Symposium. | NASA
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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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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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The fall season, when utility equipment tends to start fires, is coming fast, and California regulators and reliability coordinators want utilities to be ready. | Cal Fire
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The California PUC approved Southern California Edison’s ambitious plan to install nearly 600 miles of covered conductor to prevent its higher-voltage distribution lines from starting wildfires. | SCE
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FERC approved a settlement reducing Southern California Edison’s 2018 transmission rates and a partial settlement on the utility’s 2019 request for an ROE increase to reflect wildfire risks. | U.S. Forest Service
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California officials hammered PG&E executives during a six-hour legislative hearing over the utility’s mishandling of multiple public safety power shutoffs that left nearly 2.4 million residents in the dark last month.
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SoCal Edison came under increasing scrutiny for its possible role in starting the Saddleridge Fire near Los Angeles, while PG&E defended its public safety power shutoffs. | National Wildfire Coordinating Group
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PG&E restored power to 738,000 customers over the weekend after its public safety power shutoffs prompted a backlash from the public, state regulators and elected officials. | PG&E
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As roughly 600,000 Pacific Gas and Electric customers remained without power, the president of the California Public Utilities Commission called the situation “unacceptable.” | PG&E
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PG&E shut down power to large swaths of its Northern California service territory, citing gusty winds that could cause utility-sparked conflagrations. | National Weather Service
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FERC again upheld the RTO incentives it previously approved for Southern California Edison and PG&E, rejecting rehearing requests by California regulators. | © RTO Insider
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