Elias: Wildfire Fund and smug utilities
The tone has bordered on smug among executives of the Southern California Edison Co. ever since the Eaton fire last January destroyed most of Altadena...
California Public Utilities Commission
Elias: Will consumers pay utility’s big fire fine?
When California’s second-largest electric utility settled a U.S. Forest Service claim for starting a huge fire that covered 114,577 acres in 2020, officials of that...
Elias: What would it take for a big utility to lose its monopoly?
The latest response of California’s top regulatory commission to a disaster caused by an electric company can lead to only one logical question: How badly...
Elias: State utilities show clout — again
Anyone who believes the last few years’ spate of ultra-destructive wildfires has diminished the clout of California’s biggest privately owned electric companies will now have...
Elias: State consumers dunned again
For the umpteenth time in the last 60 years, California electric consumers are again being dunned. As usual, the stated reason is they must pay...
Elias: Nope, PUC move won’t lower electric bills
California’s benighted Public Utilities Commission claims its latest move to please the privately owned power companies it regulates will actually lower electric prices for some...
Elias: Time to make utilities commission elective
if there’s ever been an agency that favors the industry it regulates over the consumers it’s supposed to protect, that is the PUC....
Elias: PUC again favors utilities in solar energy fight
It voted unanimously in mid-November to remove one of the major benefits of placing solar panels on homes....
CPUC issues over $1 million in fines to San Diego Community Power
REGION — San Diego Community Power has been fined over $1 million by the California Public Utilities Commission for its failure to procure adequate backup...
California lowers incentives for rooftop solar panels
REGION — The California Public Utilities Commission released new rules for the rooftop solar industry earlier this month, reducing the overall compensation to new customers...
Solar industry slows due to federal tariffs investigation, NEM reform
REGION — Several factors in California, including supply chain delays related to a federal investigation into tariffs and a pending ruling on net-energy metering, have...
Elias: Utility profits unspoken part of rooftop solar fight
For state utilities like San Diego Gas & Electric, buying power from distant solar farms means vast profits....
Commentary: We need lower energy bills
Supervisor Jim Desmond asks Gov. Gavin Newsom and the Public Utilities Commission to implement measures to alleviate rising energy costs....
Rooftop solar reform still a hot-button issue in California
REGION — The California Public Utilities Commission continues to deliberate rooftop solar reform, targeting the industry’s popular and controversial net energy metering program, resulting in...
Newsom goes all-in on utility favoritism
The governor blew a golden opportunity to make PUC into the consumer-friendly agency it was designed to be....