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Tag: California Public Utilities Commission

Bills To Provide Emergency Power In Blackouts Will Be Introduced To The Senate Next Session

November 25, 2019   7:43 pm
Three new bills requiring cell phone and electric companies to provide emergency backup power to cell towers and hospitals will be introduced in Sacramento next year. The Three Bills One of the bills would require cell phone providers to have...
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CA Governor Grandstanding On PG&E Takeover Threat

November 15, 2019   2:19 pmNovember 18, 2019   6:20 am
AB 1054 was about saving the utility investors and stopping downgrades, but not stopping fires.   The California mega-utility Pacific Gas & Electric filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy reorganization January 29, 2019. So it’s curious how Governor Gavin Newsom continues...
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Utility Breakup Plan: Two Attorneys Say ‘PG&E Too Big to Succeed’

November 5, 2019   2:05 amNovember 5, 2019   8:19 pm
The opening paragraph of a lawsuit names the California Public Utilities Commission, California Department of Water Resources, California Department of Finance Director Keely Bosler, State Treasurer Fiona Ma, and all of the CPUC Commissioners, Marybel Batjer, Liane Randolph, Martha Guzman...
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Is Water and Power Rationing California’s Future?

October 23, 2019   2:04 amOctober 24, 2019   6:16 am
Tuesday, another text message warning came in from Pacific Gas & Electric that power outages are imminent. Again. Couple that with a same-day heads-up message from the El Dorado Irrigation District that when the power is out, they cannot pump...
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Lawsuit: California Utility Customers Forced to Bail Out Utilities for Wildfires They Cause

October 9, 2019   4:01 pmOctober 10, 2019   1:57 pm
‘AB 1054 was enacted to serve the primary private purpose of bailing out investor owned utilities from the billions of dollars in damages from catastrophic wildfires they imprudently caused.’   A lawsuit filed in the Federal District Court in California...
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California Power Outages: Extreme Weather, Extreme Energy Shortages, or Extreme Litigation?

October 1, 2019   12:18 pmOctober 29, 2019   6:32 am
San Francisco based Pacific Gas & Electric recently warned customers on that it could turn off power in six Northern California counties as a public safety precaution to help reduce the risk of wildfire. The shutdown could have impacted as...
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California Labor and Business Advocates Call For Diverse Energy Options and Solutions

August 21, 2019   2:05 amAugust 22, 2019   10:29 am
A press conference Tuesday by the California Business Roundtable had state, labor leaders and the business community there to call upon Governor Gavin Newsom to support a wide array of energy options to power the state of California, rather than...
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