California’s Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) is one of the few state agencies that is established in the state’s constitution. Article 12 was added by Proposition 12 at the November 5, 1974 election. This article of the constitution contains the following...
On Wednesday, Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) officially exited bankruptcy, ending over one and a half years of bankruptcy and emerging as a company under completely new rules and managing personnel. PG&E had been in financial and legal trouble since...
On Monday, the Senate passed a bill that would turn PG&E into a non-profit, public utility should the company fail to emerge from bankruptcy. A possible state takeover of PG&E Senate Bill 350, authored by Senator Jerry Hill (D-San Mateo),...
On Tuesday, utility provider Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) entered a guilty plea for 84 felony counts of involuntary manslaughter over 84 people dying during the 2018 Camp Fire. 84 counts of involuntary manslaughter PG&E executives confessed to the companies...
On Thursday, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) announced that all rideshare service drivers in California will now be considered employees under the AB 5 contract worker law. CPUC decides against rideshare companies All Transportation Network Companies (TNCs), which includes...
On Thursday, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) approved PG&E’s Chapter 11 plan of reorganization, paving the way for the utility company to come out of bankruptcy before the June 30th deadline. CPUC approves PG&E’s plan on leaving Chapter 11...
The merger between phone companies Sprint and T-Mobile continued to be held up in California this week despite growing pressure and U.S. approval being finalized on Wednesday. One final hurdle for the merger in California The proposed merger was supposed...