California fire investigators are looking at a PG&E distribution line as the potential cause of a fire that killed four people last month.

Wildfires have burned nearly 4 million acres in California this year, but there’s little indication utility equipment played a role.

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.

The fall season when utility equipment tends to start fires is coming and regulators and reliability coordinators want utilities to be ready.

WECC waded into California’s wildfire troubles in an effort to understand how catastrophic blazes could affect reliability and how to protect the grid.

The California PUC approved Southern California Edison to install 600 miles of covered conductor to prevent its higher-voltage lines from starting wildfires.

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.