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CEC Announces New Increased Offshore Wind Power Production Goals

August 11, 2022 12:08 pm

The California Energy Commission (CEC) announced on Wednesday that they are increasing offshore wind power construction goals in the next two decades by having up to 5 gigawatts (GW) of electricity coming from the turbines by 2030 and 25 GW...

CPUC Fines Utility Companies Over $22 Million For Planned Power Outage Violations in 2020

June 17, 2022 12:41 pm

The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) announced on Thursday that it will be fining Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E), Southern California Edison (SCE), and San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) over a combined $22 million for violating Public Safety Power...

Californians Can Weigh In on PG&E’s 22% Proposed Rate Hike with Calif. Public Utilities Commission

March 11, 2022 6:48 am

With double-digit inflation, mega-gas prices in California, high food costs, high housing costs, and used cars selling for new car prices, gird your loins: Pacific Gas and Electric is proposing a 22 percent rate hike. PG&E electricity customers were recently...

California’s $5-7 per Gallon Gas and Energy Costs Will Get More Expensive

March 1, 2022 5:16 pmMarch 8, 2022 4:26 pm

The first week in December 2018, the United States exported more oil than we imported, for the first time in nearly 70 years. This is known as energy independence. And it happened not because of the previous 50 years of...

CPUC Expands Autonomous Rideshare Services in Bay Area For GM’s Cruise, Alphabet’s Waymo

March 1, 2022 4:33 pm

The California Public Utilities Commission expanded the driverless rideshare market on Monday by issuing Drivered Deployment permits to General Motors’ Cruise service and Alphabet’s Waymo service. Since the 2010’s, multiple driverless car companies have fought to become the first driverless...

CPUC Orders SoCal Gas to Pay $10 Million Over Improperly Spent Ratepayer Funds

February 7, 2022 5:32 pmFebruary 9, 2022 3:35 pm

The Southern California Gas Company (SoCal Gas) was penalized for $9.8 million and to reimburse customers for improperly spending funds that violated California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) policy on building codes during the weekend. Since the mid 2010’s, CPUC and...

CPUC Shelves Plan to Reduce Energy Discounts For Solar Panel Owners

February 5, 2022 2:44 amFebruary 4, 2022 9:51 pm

The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) indefinitely shelved a plan on Thursday that would have reduced energy bill discounts for people who install solar panels and storage systems. Under the Net Energy Metering (NEM) 3.0 proposal first introduced last year...