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Keeley: “Not seeking” CPUC postMonterey County HeraldHis name has been floated as a replacement for outgoing California Public Utilities Commission President Michael Peevey. Keeley, an ardent environmentalist, is backed by some locals who believe he would represent a new direction for the oft-criticized …and more …read more From:: CPUC News By Google News Zennie AbrahamZennie … Read more

Is change on the horizon for California utility regulation?Utility DiveWhen Michael Peevey steps down as president of the California Public Utilities Commission at the end of this month, he will complete of a 12-year run that witnessed the growth of distributed resources and clean energy advances, but also the San Bruno … …read more From:: … Read more

Apple Valley seeks information on CPUC relationship to Carlyle companiesVictorville Daily PressAPPLE VALLEY — While the town pursues a request for a boatload of records from the California Public Utilities Commission, the town attorney is challenging the completeness of the commission’s response. The town of Apple Valley considers the records, …and more …read more From:: … Read more

CPUC acts more like lapdog than watchdog of PG&EManteca BulletinJust pick up a copy of the 194-page June 24, 2011 report of the independent review panel’s examination of the San Bruno explosion where a PG&E natural gas pipeline killed eight people and leveled a neighborhood. The report was prepared at the request … …read more … Read more

Utilities Are Building the Infrastructure for California’s Shift to EVsGreentech MediaThe center of the action on EVs is, perhaps surprisingly, the California Public Utilities Commission. I say “surprisingly” because normally on this kind of issue, the legislature in Sacramento would be calling the shots. In this case, however … …read more From:: CPUC News By … Read more

SMART quiet zoneMarin Independent JournalIt’s now up to city staff to create a notice of intent to establish the quiet zone, which will be submitted to SMART, the California Public Utilities Commission, the Federal Railroad Administration and the North Coast Railroad Authority. These agencies …and more …read more From:: CPUC News By Google News Zennie … Read more

Andrew Bell: PUC favors utilities it regulatesMonterey County HeraldThe editorial in the Nov. 19 issue of The Herald highlights a long-standing problem with the California Public Utilities Commission: the commission acts in the interests of private utilities, not the rate-paying public. The editorial points to the …and more …read more From:: CPUC News By Google … Read more

CPUC‘d: Utility Commission seeks to quell outcry over San Onofre costsSan Diego Reader#Two weeks ago, the California Public Utility Commission determined that Southern California electricity consumers will have to pay $3.3 billion for the closing and dismantling of the San Onofre nuclear power plant. The plant shut down in 2012 after … …read more From:: … Read more

Power-plant foe petitions top Calif. court.U-T San DiegoThe project was rejected last year by the California Public Utilities Commission only to be resuscitated and approved in February in response to the early retirement of the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, once the region’s largest power source. …read more From:: CPUC News By Google News Zennie … Read more