California Public Utilities Commission

The Public Advocates Office of the utilities commission needs to be reminded that its core responsibility is to protect ratepayers and keep costs down.

Good morning, California. It’s Thursday, December 10. Newsom at an inflection point Even as 59% of Californians expect the state to be bogged down by widespread unemployment and financial depression for the next five years, 58% approve of how Gov. Gavin Newsom is handling the economy. The findings, from a statewide Public Policy Institute of […]

Power blackouts in August proved California's need for a bigger supply cushion — and indicated that transition to a carbon-free future will not be easy.

We need the CPUC to formalize a regulatory framework for microgrids and what could be a clean and reliable energy future.

Two months after Gov. Gavin Newsom called for an investigation into California’s first rolling blackouts in nearly two decades — during which time residents were twice warned that blackouts could return — a group of key state agencies released their preliminary findings. The findings raise serious questions about the ability of California’s electrical grid to […]

The systems that warn people about evacuations have dangerous drawbacks. Millions of Californians are relying on alerts that may never arrive. In some counties, only 1% of adults are signed up.

A regional electric grid coordinating diverse power resources with neighboring states and modernized grid planning would help California avoid blackouts.

Good morning, California. It’s Tuesday, September 1. Newsom signs in nick of time Hundreds of thousands of California renters were saved from eviction — at least for the next few months — under a bill lawmakers passed and Gov. Gavin Newsom signed late Monday night, a day before the state’s eviction ban is set to […]

Too much opposition, too little time to address disputes over $3 billion in fees on utility customers for fire and climate change projects.

The blackouts that hit California this month are a warning that the state has a serious electrical power shortage.