Local News Grid operators ask for billions in refunds from generators Updated Apr 1, 2025 Four major power suppliers to California have shown they can control prices in the wholesale electricity market and should have to refund exce…
Local News California regulators contend federal rate order was illegal Updated Apr 1, 2025 Federal energy regulators illegally linked limited caps on soaring electricity prices to a requirement that California join a regional transmi…
Local News Regulators investigate alternative power Updated Apr 1, 2025 Hoping to prevent California's bleak power outlook from becoming even darker, state regulators Thursday launched an investigation into why alt…
Local News State's largest utilities part ways in power crisis Updated Apr 1, 2025 Gov. Gray Davis offered a hand to California's largest utilities as they cried for help, two sinking ships caught up in the same roiling energ…
Local News PG&E filesfor bankruptcy Updated Apr 1, 2025 Pacific Gas and Electric became the largest power utility in U.S. history to file for federal bankruptcy protection, betting Friday it will fa…
Local News Company expects PG&E to pay debts Updated Apr 1, 2025 Calpine Corp., the largest California-based power generator other than the state's major utilities, said Monday it expects to be paid in full …
Local News Water agencies warn of blackout safety problems Updated Apr 1, 2025 If water agencies aren't protected from rolling electricity blackouts, water might not be available for drinking and fighting fires, says a wa…
Local News Power regulator hikes rates at least 40 percent Updated Apr 1, 2025 California's top power regulator proposed immediate electricity rate hikes of up to 46 percent Monday, saying this should encourage customers …
World Feds order overhaul ofstate's energy market Updated Apr 1, 2025 Federal regulators ordered an overhaul of California's electricity market Friday to try to control skyrocketing prices and address short suppl…