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.

FERC approved a settlement reducing Southern California Edison’s 2018 transmission rates and a partial settlement for an ROE increase for wildfire risks.

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

SoCal Edison came under increasing scrutiny for its possible role in starting the Saddleridge Fire, while PG&E defended its public safety power shutoffs.

PG&E restored power to 738,000 customers after its public safety power shutoffs prompted a backlash from the public, state regulators and elected officials.

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.

A bill intended to shore up California’s IOUs against wildfire liability raced through the state Legislature and landed on the desk of Gov. Gavin Newsom.

The wildfire package that California Gov. Gavin Newsom asked lawmakers to push through cleared two key committees and sailed through the Senate.