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EWG: California’s $30B future energy transmission plan stuck in past, ignores residential solar, efficiency
A draft plan released last week claims California will need to spend more than $30 billion on additional transmission infrastructure for Pacific Gas & Electric and other investor-owned utilities to...
PG&E, other utilities paid more than $1.7M to ‘coalition’ supporting plot to crush rooftop solar
Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E), Southern California Edison (SCE) and San Diego Gas & Electric (SDGE) contributed more than $1.7 million in 2020 to many of the organizations that are part of a coalition...
California grants ‘safety’ certificate to PG&E, allowing utility to recoup wildfire costs from ratepayers
A new state agency created by the Newsom administration and charged with developing a “long-term utility vision to reduce wildfire and underground risk” has issued a safety certificate to Pacific Gas...
Gov. Newsom voices concern over PG&E’s plan to crush California’s rooftop solar program
During a press conference on Monday, California Gov. Gavin Newsom expressed concern about a proposal to crush the state’s popular rooftop solar program. The proposal is backed by Pacific Gas &...
PG&E presses regulators for another massive electric bill hike
California’s largest investor-owned electric utility is pressing regulators to approve a nearly 10 percent hike in electricity fees, raising its captive customers’ power bills to an average $200 per...
California officials confirm PG&E responsible for devastating Dixie Fire
California’s fire management agency has confirmed that Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) was responsible for last summer’s Dixie Fire, which burned nearly 1 million acres and destroyed more than 1,300...
State regulators poised to side with PG&E and move to quash California’s rooftop solar program
Millions of California residents could soon no longer be able to afford to install rooftop solar panels and reap the financial and environmental benefits that come with the renewable source of energy...
Clean energy groups urge California to reject plan that increases cost of residential solar for working families
Several California clean energy groups are urging the state to make solar more accessible and affordable for low- and moderate-income families and reject a plan that would cause monthly bills to soar...
California oil spill revives EWG’s fears about toxic dispersants, weak EPA rules
Efforts to clean up the massive oil spill off southern California’s coast should carefully consider the risks of using toxic dispersants, warns the Environmental Working Group, given the harm the...
Since June, PG&E has sought more than $5.3B from ratepayers, with few benefits for customers
In less than three months, Pacific Gas & Electric, or PG&E, has filed a host of petitions with California regulators seeking to put ratepayers on the hook for giving the company more than $5.3 billion...
PG&E asks California for $201 million profit hike, benefiting directors – but wildfire victims stay unpaid
While Californians focus on freeing their economy from the grip of a gruesome pandemic and pushing through another season of devastating wildfires and power blackouts, the leadership of Pacific Gas &...
PG&E admits it may have started another wildfire
Pacific Gas and Electric told state utility regulators a damaged fuse box from a power line might be responsible for starting the large Dixie Fire currently ablaze in the Sierra Nevada mountains...
As Duke Energy-backed bill seeking rate hikes advances, utility hands out dividend increases for shareholders
Duke Energy’s board of directors has approved a 2.1 percent hike in its quarterly cash dividend for shareholders, even as the investor-owned utility and Republican lawmakers in North Carolina push to...
Op-ed: EWG calls on California regulators to protect rooftop solar from attack by PG&E, other utilities
In an op-ed published in the San Francisco Chronicle on Saturday, July 3, Environmental Working Group President and long-time Bay Area resident Ken Cook urged state regulators to save California’s...
PG&E wants customers to pay $3.6 billion more a year for wildfire safety
Pacific Gas and Electric, or PG&E, on Wednesday asked state regulators to approve a $3.6 billion rate hike on its roughly 16 million customers to fund measures aimed at reducing deadly wildfires like...
Duke Energy seeks license renewal for its oldest nuclear power plant, vulnerable to damage from nearby dam
Duke Energy has asked federal regulators to renew a 20-year operating license for the utility’s oldest nuclear power plant, which is uniquely vulnerable to potentially catastrophic damage because of...
EWG enters fight for rooftop solar in California, calling for monopoly utilities to serve ratepayers, not Wall St. investors
The monopoly business model of California’s electric utilities should be scrapped for a new model that would provide affordable access to rooftop solar for all residents, the Environmental Working...
Duke Energy-backed energy bill in N.C. would increase fossil fuels, punish ratepayers
An environmentally and economically damaging power bill crafted behind closed doors by Duke Energy and North Carolina state lawmakers is now public, drawing swift condemnation from environmentalists...
Duke Energy, other utilities race to secure weaker Trump coal ash wastewater permit limits
Duke Energy and other electric utilities are rushing to take advantage of a Trump Environmental Protection Agency rule that relaxed restrictions for coal-fired power plants’ disposal of toxic coal ash...
Duke Energy-backed group deploys attack ad campaign against electricity competition proposal in North Carolina
A shadowy political committee funded entirely by Duke Energy has launched a deceptive campaign to pressure North Carolina lawmakers to oppose legislation that could pave the way for lower monthly...
