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New faces at CPUC. But new broom unlikelySan Diego ReaderA number of released emails have shown that Peevey, commissioner Mike Florio, and Peevey’s one-time assistant worked sub rosa to help PG&E, which has fired executives who played footsie with CPUC officials and then sent the damning messages by … …read more From:: CPUC News By … Read more

Gov. Jerry Brown picks aide to lead troubled California Public Utility Commissionabc7news.comEmails made public this year by Pacific Gas & Electric Co., California’s largest power utility, described Peevey and PG&E officials holding repeated private discussions on rate cases, penalties and other PG&E regulatory matters before the commission …Gov. Brown names Commissioner Michael Picker president of … Read more

California utility to disclose 65000 emails with state regulators, says some …Minneapolis Star TribuneThe emails date back to 2010 and feature a Pacific Gas & Electric Co. executive who has since left the company, Brian Cherry, describing private discussions with California Public Utilities Commission President Michael Peevey, commission member Michael …PUC leader critical of San … Read more

PG&E Backs Transparency and Accountability in Communications with the …Business Wire (press release)SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) today affirmed its commitment to transparency and accountability and encouraged the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) to adopt new protocols for open access to … …read more From:: CPUC News By Google News Zennie AbrahamZennie … Read more

California Public Utilities Commission names interim chiefSan Francisco Business Times (blog)The agency said Friday that Timothy Sullivan will lead the organization on an interim basis. Sullivan’s appointment comes after longtime CPUC director Paul Clanon said last week he will step down”in the near future” after 30 years with the recently …Facts about staggeringly high rates … Read more

Guidelines for the post-Peevey era of the CPUCSFGateAs California Public Utilities Commission President Michael Peevey and the utilities he regulated extol his legacy of largesse, we should consider what’s needed at the PUC in the post-Peevey era. The modern PUC was created out of a backlash to the cozy …Embattled CPUC President Michael Peevey Presiding … Read more

CPUC’s farewell for Michael Peevey is stage-managed to a TSFGateEven with the cloud of San Bruno and way-too-cozy PG&E e-mails hanging over it, the California Public Utilities Commission made sure Michael Peevey’s final meeting as president had a happy ending — in fact, the agency pretty much staged it. In a memo …and more …read … Read more

Outgoing utility regulator steers clear of email scandal in final speechEnvironment & Energy PublishingSAN FRANCISCO — At his last public meeting, California Public Utilities Commission President Michael Peevey avoided talk of ethical violations that have been brewing around him in recent months. In his valedictory speech yesterday, Peevey — the state … …read more From:: … Read more

Head Of California Public Utilities Commission Leaves A Mixed LegacyKPBSThe leader of one of California’s most powerful regulatory agencies is resigning at the end of the year. Michael Peevey led his final meeting Thursday as president of the California Public Utilities Commission. The commission’s public comment stretched …CPUC President Michael Peevey presides over last CPUC … Read more

California power regulator doesn’t address claimsTown HallSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California’s chief utility regulator finished the last meeting of his 12-year tenure by calling himself a man who got things done. However, California Public Utilities Commission President Michael Peevey made no mention Thursday … …read more From:: CPUC News By Google News Zennie AbrahamZennie Abraham … Read more

Uber’s fight of California data-sharing rule highlights its bumpy roadKFGOThe issue, which is being heard in a California administrative court and whose outcome will not be known until next year, pits Uber against the California Public Utilities Commission. The CPUC’s approval of new ride-sharing services last year carried …Lyft gets Pennsylvania regulatory nod, not PhillySan … Read more

Michael Peevey ‘surrenders’ from California Public Utilities CommissionSacramento BeeMichael Peevey ended his tumultuous final term as president of the California Public Utilities Commission on Thursday with a lengthy, laudatory and at times feisty farewell session. As the crowd gave him a standing ovation to the strains of Louis …Critic Weighs In on CPUC President’s LegacyNBC … Read more

AM Alert: Michael Peevey ends turbulent tenure as CPUC presidentSacramento BeeCalifornia Public Utilities Commission President Michael Peevey will bring his tumultuous 12-year tenure to a close today at the commission’s final voting meeting of the year, starting at 9:30 a.m. in San Francisco. He is expected to deliver closing … …read more From:: CPUC News … Read more

New furor emerges with CPUC in upheavalSFGateThe state’s Public Utilities Commission meets for the last time this year Thursday facing a leadership vacuum and a fresh controversy involving one of the five gubernatorial appointees who regulate California’s electricity and gas monopolies …Mercury News editorial: PUC president’s departure creates opportunity for …San Jose Mercury NewsSan Bruno … Read more

Appeals court sides with CPUC, denies intervenor feesSan Diego ReaderToday (December 16), the Court of Appeal, Fourth Appellate District, denied an appeal by law firm Aguirre & Severson to get intervenor fees from the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) for the firm’s work in thwarting San Diego Gas & Electric … …read more From:: CPUC … Read more

CPUC commissioner tied to e-mail saying he’d help PG&ESFGateA California Public Utilities Commission official offered to write a favorable opinion on a $1.3 billion gas rate case if Pacific Gas and Electric Co. “did not like” one from another commissioner, according to an e-mail the company was forced to …PG&E email scandal: Top executive at … Read more

California Approves Major Revisions in the Renewable Auction MechanismGreentech MediaThe California Public Utilities Commission created the Renewable Auction Mechanism (RAM) program in 2011, with an initial 1,000-megawatt allocation to the big three investor-owned utilities (PG&E, Southern California Edison and San Diego Gas & Electric … …read more From:: CPUC News By Google News Zennie AbrahamZennie … Read more

What California needs from the new CPUC presidentSan Mateo Daily JournalThe California Public Utilities Commission is a vital state agency, overseeing electrical, gas, telecommunications, water and transportation industries that together collect $50 billion in revenue from Californians each year. With the current PUC …and more …read more From:: CPUC News By Google News Zennie AbrahamZennie … Read more

Patrick’s proposal could help ride-sharingBoston GlobeRide-sharing services came under the aegis of California Public Utilities Commission, which allowed Uber and Lyft to operate their vehicles under new rules for “transportation network companies” rather than be subject to the regulations for existing …and more …read more From:: CPUC News By Google News Zennie AbrahamZennie Abraham | … Read more

City asks California utility to release emailsSanta Cruz SentinelSan Bruno is asking officials to compel PG&E to release 65,000 emails between the utility and the California Public Utilities Commission. The request stems from a 2010 PG&E pipeline explosion that killed eight people in San Bruno. San Bruno city …and more …read more From:: CPUC News … Read more

Park Water official says town is misleading residentsVictorville Daily PressAlthough the costs of purchasing and repairing Yermo Water Co. will not be included in the three-year rate structure now awaiting final California Public Utilities Commission approval, town officials say AVR has refused to guarantee that its ratepayers … …read more From:: CPUC News By Google … Read more

New Bay Bridge span is done, but 170 still working on the projectSan Francisco ChronicleGascón was referring to the California Public Utilities Commission. But insiders tell us the suit was also prompted by calls from the state Department of Weights and Measures and even city departments that felt their enforcement efforts were not …and more … Read more

Will rider safety be the Achilles heel for Uber?W*USA 9Regulators at the California Public Utilities Commission are revisiting ride-hailing company rules they put in place last year. Among the questions: “Did we get the criminal background check right, is it exhaustive as it should be,” said Marzia Zafar …and more …read more From:: CPUC News … Read more

Tiny water district to seize PG&E power lines, transformersSFGateSince the 2010 San Bruno pipeline explosion, the utility has faced criticism for placing profits before safety. The explosion also damaged public trust in the state panel that regulates PG&E, the California Public Utilities Commission. “Those issues …Making PG&E offer next stepManteca Bulletinall 3 news articles …read … Read more

California seeks world’s biggest batteryU-T San DiegoAnother watershed moment was the announcement by Texas utility Oncor that it wants to add $5.2 billion of batteries to its distribution network starting in 2018. For the Long Beach battery project to go forward, the California Public Utilities … …read more From:: CPUC News By Google News Zennie … Read more

Consumer groups urge California regulators to oppose big cable TV dealLos Angeles TimesThe other members of the coalition include Consumers Union, which publishes Consumers Report magazine; the Utility Reform Network, which lobbies the PUC for ratepayers; California Common Cause, which is involved in government ethics and …and more …read more From:: CPUC News By Google … Read more

Consumer groups ask PUC to deny Comcast, Time Warner mergerLos Angeles TimesComcast said it is confident of winning approval from the California regulators. “We will successfully demonstrate to the commission the many public interest benefits our investment will bring to residential and business consumers in California,” said … …read more From:: CPUC News By Google … Read more

Taking back our powerPoint Reyes LightPeople began to speak out to the bi-weekly C.P.U.C. business meetings in San Francisco, and PG&E and the commission’s president, Michael Peevey, were getting nervous. People were relating heart-wrenching stories of being physically devastated by the … …read more From:: CPUC News By Google News Zennie AbrahamZennie Abraham | Zennie … Read more

Solar & Wind Power Are Changing Net Load Shapes In CaliforniaCleanTechnicaThe California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has adopted a flexible capacity framework to start in 2015, requiring CPUC-jurisdictional load serving entities (LSEs) to procure a certain level of flexible capacity when meeting resource adequacy needs.Solar And Wind Power Increasingly Shaping CAISO Load CurvesNorth American Windpowerall … Read more

Solar And Wind Power Are Changing Net Load Shapes In CACleanTechnicaThe California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has adopted a flexible capacity framework to start in 2015, requiring CPUC-jurisdictional load serving entities (LSEs) to procure a certain level of flexible capacity when meeting resource adequacy needs.Solar And Wind Power Increasingly Shaping CAISO Load CurvesNorth American Windpowerall … Read more

San Francisco, LA lawsuit against Uber stirs backlashLos Angeles TimesThe California Public Utilities Commission, the body responsible for regulating ride-sharing companies, has made clear that its regulations are in flux. Just last month, it held hearings to determine how current regulations might need to be changed. In …Uber slapped with unlawful business lawsuits by San … Read more

Counting On Energy Savings Is the Right Way To GoNatural Resources Defense Council (blog)Well, the California Public Utilities Commission allows the investor-owned utilities to build more power plants based on which version of the energy forecast the commission thinks is right. Depending on the forecast it chooses, California could build … …read more From:: CPUC … Read more

Uber slapped with unlawful business lawsuits by San Francisco and LAPCWorld“The district attorneys have made numerous inaccurate assertions,” an Uber spokeswoman said at the time. “Ridesharing is unequivocally supported by the California legislature, the California Public Utilities Commission, the governor, local …SF, LA sue Uber ‘to protect consumers’; Lyft settles chargesSan Francisco ChronicleSF, LA District … Read more

SF, LA sue Uber ‘to protect consumers’; Lyft settles chargesSan Francisco ChronicleGascón said the California Public Utilities Commission, which regulates the ride-service companies, is taking the lead on handling that issue. Gascón said he cannot compel Lyft or Uber to use fingerprint background checks. Instead, he hopes to pursue …Uber hit with unlawful business lawsuits … Read more

Would you pay $75 to drop smart meter?U-T San DiegoAfter years of deliberations, utility regulators said this week that they are prepared to lock in a $75 fee for people who don’t want a smart meter at their home, with additional $10 monthly payments. The California Public Utilities Commission will … …read more From:: CPUC … Read more