Anne Ernst

5 days ago | newsdata.com | Anne Ernst

More than 30 percent of the requested cost recovery applied for by Southern California Gas Co. would be disallowed due to “understatement of avoided costs” if the California Public Utilities Commission approves a proposed decision on the gas utility’s rate request. SoCalGas in a Nov. 3, 2023, application to the CPUC requested recovery of more than $58 million for costs associated with catastrophic events and COVID-19 pandemic protections.

6 days ago | newsdata.com | Anne Ernst

California energy regulators are poised to increase the planning reserve margin in the state's resource-adequacy program as well as adopt requirements for local and flexible capacity, according to a proposed decision the California Public Utilities Commission issued May 22. If the CPUC approves the decision, the PRM will increase to 18 percent, up from the current level of 16 percent.

2 weeks ago | newsdata.com | Anne Ernst

In the eight years since the California Energy Commission's renewables portfolio standard guidebook was updated, policies, legislation and technology have evolved, leading energy regulators to propose changes to the next edition. Among the proposed updates are sections on offshore energy technologies, linear generators and battery energy storage systems [21-RPS-02]. kAmQ~77D9@C6 6?6C8J 86?6C2E:@? :D 2?E:4:A2E65 E@ A=2J 2 3:886C C@=6 :?

2 weeks ago | newsdata.com | Anne Ernst

State energy regulators denied Pacific Gas & Electric’s proposed renewable-gas pilot project application and ordered it to return $17 million to ratepayers. PG&E filed an application to the California Public Utilities Commission proposing a pilot project that would convert woody biomass into renewable natural gas, but the utility failed to demonstrate that the project would reduce greenhouse gas emissions, CPUC member John Reynolds said at the commission’s May 15 meeting.

3 weeks ago | newsdata.com | Anne Ernst

California energy regulators approved Burbank Water and Power's integrated resource plan, but achieving its renewable-energy and zero-carbon goals will be difficult due to uncertainties about power availability and new infrastructure, the utility's general manager said. "Burbank is facing some challenges ahead," Bryan Neff, electric generation system program specialist for the California Energy Commission, agreed.