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California regulators have drafted a proposal that, if approved, would initiate an enhanced oversight and enforcement process against Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) due to problems with the utility s wildfire prevention work last year.
The process, which was adopted as a condition of PG&E s bankruptcy exit, is based on six steps triggered by certain events and could potentially lead to the commission reviewing and possibly revoking PG&E s operational certification down the road, although regulators have noted that it hopefully will never reach that point.
PG&E Corp CEO Patricia Patti Poppe addressed the possibility of this oversight process during the company s earnings call Thursday morning, before the proposal was released. [F]rankly, we welcome it I don t see that as a bad thing, she said, adding that PG&E has confidence in its wildfire mitigation plan.
California regulators approve plans for utility companies to buy energy, prevent blackouts
By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ article
Power transmission tower is silhouetted by the rising sun in Burlingame, California on October 26, 2019. Potentially historic windstorm coming to the San Francisco Bay Area may prompt Pacific Gas and Electric Company, PG&E to shutoff power to as
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SAN FRANCISCO - Utilities will be allowed to buy extra energy and pass on the costs to customers in order to avoid a repeat of rolling blackouts that kicked in last summer when demand outpaced supply, California regulators said Thursday.
The California Public Utilities Commission voted unanimously to authorize Pacific Gas and Electric, Southern California Edison and San Diego Gas & Electric Company to purchase additional power in the next three months.
California regulators have approved allowing utilities to buy more energy that can be available by the summer to avoid a repeat of the rolling blackouts last.