California Politics
Public utilities can bill directly for hundreds of millions of dollars in shareholder returns despite being in what critics ...
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Baked-in-Profits Send PG&E and SCE Bills Soaring. Are They Excessive?
Utility shareholder returns add hundreds of millions to California power bills, sparking debate over fairness and necessity.
One Reason Your Power Bill Is High: Baked-In Profits That Critics Call Excessive
"We generally think they've been set a bit too high," Michael Campbell, assistant deputy director of energy at Cal Advocates, said. "The utilities' arguments of just how risky it is to be a utility in ...
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New sensor data provides more insight into what may have caused California’s Eaton fire
A company that deploys sensor technology to help predict and prevent wildfires has released new data from when California's ...
Artificial intelligence is bringing nuclear power back from the dead — maybe even in California
Energy demands from big tech, including for AI, has elected officials giving an old power source a second look.
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Video Adds to Allegations of Edison Transmission Tower as Origin of Eaton Fire
Video evidence was released this week purporting that a malfunction in Southern California Edison (SCE) equipment was the ...
Do you know where Southern California gets its water from? An explainer
Wildfires in Southern California have prompted major discussions about water in the state. Here's an overview of where water ...
California Wildfire Challenges: Effects On The Fixed Income Markets
The effect of the California wildfires will continue to play out across the debt markets long after the last of the flames ...
Letters to the Editor: People are mad at Edison. Is it time for private utilities to go?
Edison should make equipment upgrades to prevent fires and lengthy outages before paying its shareholders a dividend, says a reader.
Third Energy Innovation Signaling A Golden Age: Enhanced Geothermal
Advantages of EGS are high capacity, low carbon emissions, small land footprint, and flexibility to back up intermittent ...
What caused the Eaton Fire? Here’s how new video fits into theories
On the night the deadly Eaton Fire broke out in Los Angeles County, a gas station video camera captured what appeared to be sparks on a steep flank of Mount Wilson on Altadena’s outskirts and then ...