California Public Utilities Commission

Public funds should first be used to connect households with no service or slow service before funding upgrades where service is already available.

The state water board is considering a two-year extension for ocean-cooled power plants that are due to be shut down. Given the effects of the climate crisis, legislators should support it.

Community choice aggregators were supposed to provide cheaper electricity, but some now charge more than large utility companies.

The California Public Utilities Commission vote against rooftop solar favors utilities over consumers and derails efforts to meet the state’s climate change goals.

California's state budget is accompanied by "trailer bills," which have become vehicles for special interest goodies having little or nothing to do with the budget.

Good morning, California. It’s Monday, June 28. Ongoing negotiations As it turns out, deciding how to spend $262.6 billion is an extraordinarily complicated task. So, although state lawmakers will vote today on the record-breaking budget they unveiled Friday after reaching new agreements with Gov. Gavin Newsom, many details still have to be worked out. It’s […]

Utility debt payment plans place unreasonable burdens on low-income residents, and debt forgiveness doesn’t address the problem; electrification does.

New bill would limit sky-high fees that enrich utilities at the expense of ratepayers, but legislators may need a push.

The state must increase grant funding to help communities invest in much-needed broadband technology.

California has no time to spare in developing new, clean energy resources before its last nuclear power plant closes in 2024-25.