Utilities

Rooftop solar gets wrongly scapegoated for driving up utility bills. The dominant drivers are wildfire capital and guaranteed profits for the state's private utility companies.

State public purpose programs add hundreds of dollars to each electric bill annually. Rooftop solar subsidies account for about half that.

California schools faced repeated planned power outages in 2024-2025 as Edison cut electricity to prevent wildfires, forcing closures and costly backup power solutions.

Utilities customers help pay for biomass because electric utilities buy its products to produce electricity, paying four times more. Is it worth it?

How costly is it to live California? Let us count the ways with new studies comparing everything from mortgage payments to a gallon of gas.

PG&E and Southern California Edison routinely blow their deadlines to hook up new solar panels, an advocacy group says. But after years of complaints they have not been punished.

California legislators have a few more weeks to reform climate and gas credits to lower electricity bills and encourage electric vehicle use.

Californians' power costs are among the nation's highest and could keep climbing. There’s precious little Newsom and legislators can do about it since they face chronic budget deficits.

For years, California refused to create a Western mega energy market over concerns about fossil fuels and union jobs. But now, the idea is closer than ever.

PG&E has twice hired executive protection staff in the last three months, raising questions about the threats it faces.