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Why do we allow a major utility - #PGE - that uses fires and explosions and major outages as its maintenance indicators continue to operate?
And why has California's regulatory authority - #CPUC - allowed that to continue?
And why are ratepayers on the hook for the costs of PGE's bad management decisions?
PG&E failed to act on substation damage before crippling December blackout | The San Francisco Standard
https://sfstandard.com/2026/05/08/pge-december-blackout-report-cause-investigation/ -
Why do we allow a major utility - #PGE - that uses fires and explosions and major outages as its maintenance indicators continue to operate?
And why has California's regulatory authority - #CPUC - allowed that to continue?
And why are ratepayers on the hook for the costs of PGE's bad management decisions?
PG&E failed to act on substation damage before crippling December blackout | The San Francisco Standard
https://sfstandard.com/2026/05/08/pge-december-blackout-report-cause-investigation/ -
Why do we allow a major utility - #PGE - that uses fires and explosions and major outages as its maintenance indicators continue to operate?
And why has California's regulatory authority - #CPUC - allowed that to continue?
And why are ratepayers on the hook for the costs of PGE's bad management decisions?
PG&E failed to act on substation damage before crippling December blackout | The San Francisco Standard
https://sfstandard.com/2026/05/08/pge-december-blackout-report-cause-investigation/ -
Why do we allow a major utility - #PGE - that uses fires and explosions and major outages as its maintenance indicators continue to operate?
And why has California's regulatory authority - #CPUC - allowed that to continue?
And why are ratepayers on the hook for the costs of PGE's bad management decisions?
PG&E failed to act on substation damage before crippling December blackout | The San Francisco Standard
https://sfstandard.com/2026/05/08/pge-december-blackout-report-cause-investigation/ -
Why do we allow a major utility - #PGE - that uses fires and explosions and major outages as its maintenance indicators continue to operate?
And why has California's regulatory authority - #CPUC - allowed that to continue?
And why are ratepayers on the hook for the costs of PGE's bad management decisions?
PG&E failed to act on substation damage before crippling December blackout | The San Francisco Standard
https://sfstandard.com/2026/05/08/pge-december-blackout-report-cause-investigation/ -
Today there were a couple of interesting filings at the #CPUC that seek to open up the currently capped level of retail electric competition for larger customers, known as #DirectAccess. This is happening because of the significant new load growth due to #DataCenters, #EVCharging and #Electrification. Because the CPUC has ordered LSEs to procure more capacity for these future loads, there's a potential cost shift if #ESPs are not permitted to serve the new loads due to the the cap. It will be interesting to see whether the hostility against #DA continues or not. #CAEnergy #Energy
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#electrek:
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California regulator confirms Tesla is ‘not operating an autonomous vehicle service’
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"California’s top transportation regulator has made it explicit: Tesla is not operating an autonomous vehicle service in the state. The company holds the same permit as a limousine company."".. classified as a standard chauffeur service — not a “robotaxi”.."
"Tesla holds a limo permit, not an AV permit"
25.3.2026
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#CPUC has paused the residential semi-annual #ClimateCredit that usually is sent in April & October so they can reconsider timing of disbursements. These are funds generated by the #CARB #CapAndInvest #GHG program. Redlined decision for next meeting:
https://docs.cpuc.ca.gov/PublishedDocs/Published/G000/M602/K742/602742724.pdf -
#CPUC has paused the residential semi-annual #ClimateCredit that usually is sent in April & October so they can reconsider timing of disbursements. These are funds generated by the #CARB #CapAndInvest #GHG program. Redlined decision for next meeting:
https://docs.cpuc.ca.gov/PublishedDocs/Published/G000/M602/K742/602742724.pdf -
#CPUC has paused the residential semi-annual #ClimateCredit that usually is sent in April & October so they can reconsider timing of disbursements. These are funds generated by the #CARB #CapAndInvest #GHG program. Redlined decision for next meeting:
https://docs.cpuc.ca.gov/PublishedDocs/Published/G000/M602/K742/602742724.pdf -
#CPUC has paused the residential semi-annual #ClimateCredit that usually is sent in April & October so they can reconsider timing of disbursements. These are funds generated by the #CARB #CapAndInvest #GHG program. Redlined decision for next meeting:
https://docs.cpuc.ca.gov/PublishedDocs/Published/G000/M602/K742/602742724.pdf -
#CPUC has paused the residential semi-annual #ClimateCredit that usually is sent in April & October so they can reconsider timing of disbursements. These are funds generated by the #CARB #CapAndInvest #GHG program. Redlined decision for next meeting:
https://docs.cpuc.ca.gov/PublishedDocs/Published/G000/M602/K742/602742724.pdf -
Newsom names former self-driving car executive to lead #CPUC https://calmatters.org/economy/2026/02/cpuc-gets-new-president-amid-cost-cutting/
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Governor Newsom names new California Public Utilities Commission President to launch new phase in effort to protect consumers from escalating utility costs | Governor of California https://www.gov.ca.gov/2026/02/18/governor-newsom-names-new-california-public-utilities-commission-president-to-launch-new-phase-in-effort-to-protect-consumers-from-escalating-utility-costs/ #CPUC #CAEnergy
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#SoCalGas Petitions #CPUC to Update #Hydrogen Blending Demonstration Requirements Based on Global Safety History and Research https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/socalgas-petitions-cpuc-to-update-hydrogen-blending-demonstration-requirements-based-on-global-safety-history-and-research-302678691.html #CAEnergy
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California Regulators Force Verizon To Do “Woke” Stuff Like Make Sure Broadband Is Semi-Affordable To Poor People
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San Francisco has been pursuing this at the #CPUC for a number of years in terms of condemnation and determination of fair market value. It will drag on for years more too.
San Francisco’s potential PG&E breakup on ‘a very difficult road’ https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/san-francisco-pge-breakup-21268937.php
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State reins in profits for PG&E, other utilities, as bill debate rages https://www.mercurynews.com/2025/12/18/pge-economy-bill-electricity-gas-energy-power-fire-profit-consumer/ #CAEnergy #CostOfCapital #PCG #CPUC
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Will the sun set on California’s sea of mirrors? - POLITICO https://www.politico.com/newsletters/california-climate/2025/12/01/will-the-sun-set-on-californias-sea-of-mirrors-00672148 #Ivanpaugh #CSP #Solar #CAEnergy #CPUC
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Once again, the #CPUC does exactly the wrong thing, switching incentive funds from bike purchases to cars.
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Waymo, Alphabet's autonomous driving unit, receives approval to expand driverless taxi service in San Francisco Bay Area, including San Jose, signaling growth in autonomous vehicle operations.
#YonhapInfomax #Waymo #AutonomousTaxi #CPUC #SanFranciscoBayArea #Alphabet #Economics #FinancialMarkets #Banking #Securities #Bonds #StockMarket
https://en.infomaxai.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=63977 -
This is “disappointing”:
"Newsom Administration proposes to break two million solar contracts”
https://solarrights.org/blog/2025/03/07/dont-break-the-solar-contract/
Personal perspective: If they're free to to break the contract, PV owners should have the right to prevent export of the electricity they produced to the grid.
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Tesla erhält Genehmigung für Ride-Hail-Service 🚘 Die #CPUC erlaubt interne Testfahrten für Mitarbeiter – ein Schritt in Richtung #Robotaxi. Doch für öffentliche Fahrten braucht Tesla weitere Genehmigungen. #AutonomesFahren #TeslaAI
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Methane is a serious risk - climate, fire, explosion, air toxics. And yet #CPUC seems unwilling to shut down the Aliso Canyon gas storage facility. Yes, that Aliso Canyon (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aliso_Canyon_gas_leak).
There's a scientist sign on letter asking Governor Newsom to act on closing the storage site. More details at https://bsky.app/profile/ssteingraber1.bsky.social/post/3lbg3zxi4os2q
Thanks to Mark Z Jacobson, PhD, Sandra Steingraber, PhD, Robert W. Howarth, PhD, Adam Aron, PhD, and Mark Delucchi, PhD for highlighting this
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#DiabloCanyon #NuclearPowerPlant brings #profits for PG&E, deadly risk for residents [and the #environment]
Tina Landis
August 19, 2024"Despite opposition from residents and #environmental organizations, California legislators passed #SenateBill846 in 2022 to extend the life of the dangerous, aging Diablo Canyon #nuclear facility.
"Located on the Central Coast surrounded by several #fault lines, one has to question why a nuclear facility was placed in an #earthquake zone to begin with, much less allowing it to continue to operate well past its retirement date. The world witnessed what can happen to a coastal nuclear facility in an earthquake zone when the 2011 #Fukushima disaster triggered a meltdown that displaced nearly half a million residents, with vast amounts of #RadioactiveWater still being released into the ocean today.
"As long as Diablo Canyon remains open, Californians live with the constant risk of suffering the same type of disaster.
"From its inception, Diablo Canyon had little public support. Protests occurred regularly during its construction, and thousands were arrested for #CivilDisobedience actions in 1981.
"In the 1970s and 1980s, California’s three largest utilities spent billions of dollars building dangerous and costly nuclear plants like Diablo Canyon, which resulted in skyrocketing rates for customers. Big industry fought back against these increased energy costs, which resulted in deregulation bills consisting of multi-billion dollar #bailouts to the state’s utility companies to cover their costly investments in nuclear.
"Today, the last remaining nuclear plant operating in the state is still draining billions in funds that could be used for safe, #renewable energy development. To keep Diablo Canyon running 5 years past its retirement date is expected to cost $8 billion to $12 billion. A federal aid package of $1.1 billion will contribute to some of those costs – meaning federal #taxpayers’ money – while the remaining billions will be passed on to #California #ratepayers.
"Despite being run by PG&E and only generating power for its territory, customers of #SouthernCaliforniaEdison and #SanDiegoGasAndElectric will help cover the remaining costs of the Diablo extension. Edison bills will increase by around $1.25 a month and SDG&E by 87 cents a month, while PG&E customers are expected to chip in $2.07 a month – and that’s just for the first year. Critics warn that costs are likely to increase in coming years to keep the plant running, and that’s on top of already skyrocketing PG&E rates that have doubled over the last decade. And if PG&E collects more funds than are needed for Diablo’s operations, they get to keep it!
"In 2022, when legislators pushed this through #SB846, the excuse of energy shortages was used due to pandemic-related supply chain issues and massive #wildfires. But today, there is plenty of energy being produced with increased #solar and #battery storage capacity that has kept the lights on even during this summer’s unprecedented heat waves driving up demand. The California Public Utility Commission’s own reporting shows that an additional 18,500 megawatts of new resources were added to the grid between 2020 and 2024, which is enough to power around 14 million homes. Another 11,000 megawatts will be added by 2028.
"Nuclear has the third highest lifecycle emissions of all energy sources after scrubbed #coal fired plants and natural gas – meaning it is far from being zero-emission. It also creates the unresolved issue of the #RadioactiveWaste which remains dangerous for tens of thousands to millions of years.
"Keeping the Diablo facility running will only hold back further development of safe and truly low-carbon, low cost renewable sources like solar and #wind energy.
"So why isn’t Diablo Canyon being decommissioned? The short answer is that #capitalism must ensure continued profits for the #InvestorClass.
"SB 846 authorized Diablo’s extension through 2030, and gave PG&E a $1.4 billion loan for the for-profit utility to facilitate the plant’s extension. #GovernorNewsom facilitated another transfer of taxpayer dollars to PG&E through an additional $400 million loan from the state’s general fund, included in the recent budget deal. Critics warn that these 'loans' will never be repaid, meaning residents will be fully subsidizing the Diablo extension – from federal and state tax dollars to our utility fees.
"But there is a way out. SB 846 allows the #CPUC to retire the plant earlier than 2030 if sufficient levels of new renewable zero-carbon energy resources exist, are interconnected, and meet demand, which is the case.
"CPUC has a long track record of serving PG&E’s interests, so intervention by the commission is unlikely. One example of many that demonstrates their close relationship: CPUC is not requiring PG&E to show how much of our utility bill actually goes to the Diablo extension, but instead lumps the cost in with 'public purpose programs,' making it impossible to determine.
"While communities are demanding an early shutdown of Diablo, PG&E is currently applying for a 20-year license renewal from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission [#NRC] for the facility, which is expected to be approved. This would mean customers will foot the bill to keep this dangerous nuclear facility running through 2045, far beyond the original expiration dates of 2024 and 2025.
"CPUC has proven their unwavering support time and again for PG&E’s monopoly control over the state’s energy system at the expense of residents’ safety and affordable rates. The Diablo Canyon nuclear plant is just another mechanism to squeeze ratepayers and line the pockets of shareholders who live far away from the dangers posed by this aging facility. Only a public takeover of this #corrupt utility can win clean, safe and affordable energy for all."
#PGAndE #RethinkNotRestart #NuclearCorruption #NuclearBailouts #RenewablesNow #NoNukes
#DiabloCanyonNuclearPlant
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Sacramento peeps: On Wednesday August 14th, the #CPUC will be at the Sacto County Board of Supervisors for a public hearing on placing customer service requirements on#cable giants Comcast, Charter-Spectrum and Cox. Public comments at 1pm and 5pm. If you can make it, please go and tell them to stop choking the community cable channels and stop redlining. https://acmwest.org/cpuc/#when
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PG&E has 15 billion in the bank and a 25% year over year increase in profits, yet the #CPUC still thinks ratepayers have to cover their 2.5 billion dollar cost overrun last year. Where is *our* annual 25% increase in profit? #UtilityJustice https://sfstandard.com/2024/03/07/pge-cpuc-rate-hike-utilities-costs/
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For those who don't quite understand it, allow me to explain how PG&E (and other utilities) steal from the public to enrich a small number of executives.
For decades, they neglected maintenance on their infrastructure. (This is well documented fact.)
Neglected maintenance doesn't cost anything, and because the company wasn't spending any money on maintenance, it turned a nice profit.
This profit was then sucked up by the PG&E parent company, redistributed to shareholders, and because HEY GREAT JOB MAKING BIG PROFITS, executives were rewarded with nice fat bonuses.
In effect, they were pocketing the money that should have been used for maintenance or redistributing it to investors.
Then, decades go by and that neglect causes disaster after disaster, and they MUST fix it. Those billions that should have been spent over decades but went to bonuses and dividends now come from ratepayers.
The effect is the same as if they'd stolen the money directly.
Nobody went to prison.
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The #CPUC insists it wants people to add batteries to #solar systems to help the grid. But it just cut the compensation that households can earn by doing it. #climate
https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/batteries/california-regulators-cut-incentives-for-rooftop-solar-even-further -
Want to help preserve #RooftopSolar for renters, farms, and schools in #California ?
@susankayequinn has the link to where you can make a comment to #CPUC, the California Public Utilities Commission.
Pass it on.
https://mastodon.social/@susankayequin[email protected]/110997633517324726
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"New California rules would crush rooftop solar for renters"
"The policy changes set forth in this month’s proposed decision from the #California Public Utilities Commission would essentially eliminate financial incentives for property owners to install #RooftopSolar in shared settings, such as #schools, #farms or #multifamily dwellings."
#CPUC
https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/solar/new-california-rules-would-crush-rooftop-solar-for-renters -
$2 million dollars in #lobbying backed up the recent #CPUC decision to let self driving cars operate as #robotaxis on the streets of San Francisco. https://sfstandard.com/2023/08/23/cruise-waymo-spent-millions-to-lobby-for-free-rein-on-san-francisco-streets/