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Public Safety Power Shutoffs: How Utilities Could Partner

February 3, 2020 admin Business, California, camp fire, Gas, Hydro, Legal & Regulatory, mitigation, news, O&M, PG&E, psps, public safety power shutoffs, Renewables, risk, risk mitigation, Safety, sce, SDG&E, Smart Grid, Solar, T&D, Wildfire, wildfire prevention plan, Wind, WPP

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Mon, 03 Feb 2020 08:06:14 +0000

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Catastrophic wildfires have devastated California in recent years. This article seeks to outline a plan wherein neighboring utilities can send energy to support a utility that has shut down critical paths during wildfire mitigation efforts. On the morning of Nov. 8, 2018, the Camp Fire erupted 90 miles north of Sacramento, California (Figure 1). This fire […]

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Californians Worried About Fate of Frozen Turkeys During PG&E Power Cuts

November 22, 2019 admin California, climate change, food news, frozen food, PG&E, Turkey

Credit to Author: Jelisa Castrodale| Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2019 13:17:42 +0000

Roughly 181,000 customers in the Paradise, Calif. area will be affected by power cuts that are scheduled to begin on Wednesday.

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Blackouts Are Making It Harder to Measure the ‘Toxic Stew’ in the Air From California’s Wildfires

October 30, 2019 admin air quality, blackouts, California, EPA, kindcaid fire, PG&E, san francisco, smoke, Wildfires

Credit to Author: Alex Lubben| Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2019 21:10:05 +0000

The blackouts imposed by power company PG&E knocked at least six air quality monitoring stations offline, the EPA confirmed to VICE News.

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As California Burns, Clean Energy Advocates Urge An End To Investor-Owned Utilities

October 28, 2019 admin Bernie Sanders, climate change, forest fires, Nebraska, PG&E, policy & politics, public utilities

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2019 15:56:51 +0000

Calls for the end of investor-owned utilities are increasing across America as people realize their social cost is just too high.

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The California Blackouts Are Leading to Fear, Rage, and Uncharged Teslas

October 10, 2019 admin bay area, California, cities, Infrastructure, PG&E, Wildfires

Credit to Author: Harry Cheadle| Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2019 22:02:42 +0000

The decision to cut power in the Bay Area and elsewhere has led to residents struggling in all sorts of ways.

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Tesla Installing Powerpacks At All California Superchargers In Areas With Expected Rolling Blackouts

October 10, 2019 admin blackouts, California, california fires, cars, clean transport, climate change, consumer technology, electric cars, Electric vehicles, elon musk, ev charging, ev charging stations, grid, PG&E, tesla energy, tesla powerpacks, tesla superchargers, tesla supercharging

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2019 14:25:00 +0000

Rolling blackouts in Northern California have drivers of electric cars worried, but the crisis will affect everyone unless we figure out how to address it effectively. Tesla is installing Powerpacks at all Superchargers in the area as one adaptation solution

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Judge: Court Will Consider Rival Proposal for PG&E Reorganization

October 9, 2019 admin bankruptcy, Business, Coal, courts, federal judge, Gas, Legal & Regulatory, montali, news, noonan, Nuclear, outages, PG&E, Renewables, Wildfires

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2019 01:00:21 +0000

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A federal bankruptcy judge on Oct. 9 ruled that Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E), California’s largest utility, does not have the sole right to determine the terms of its reorganization. Judge Dennis Montali said those who support a rival proposal, which was devised by a group of the utility’s creditors, can have their plan considered. […]

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PG&E’s Reorganization Plan—Cap Wildfire Liabilities at $18 Billion

September 9, 2019 admin bankruptcy, Business, California, Coal, courts, elliott corp., Gas, investors, Legal & Regulatory, Legislative, news, Nuclear, PG&E, pimco, Renewables, san francisco, wildfire fund, Wildfires

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2019 00:03:33 +0000

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Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) wants to cap its liabilities from damages caused by California wildfires at about $18 billion, according to the reorganization plan filed by the bankrupt utility September 9 in federal court in San Francisco. The amount is less than half what creditors, including insurance companies and wildfire victims, say they are […]

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PG&E Seeking $14 Billion in Restructuring Plan

September 5, 2019 admin bankruptcy, bill johnson, Business, California, Chapter 11, Coal, Gas, gavin newsom, geisha williams, Legal & Regulatory, Legislative, news, Nuclear, PG&E, Renewables, wildfire fund, Wildfires

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Thu, 05 Sep 2019 18:52:37 +0000

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Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) reportedly will soon file a restructuring plan that includes more than $14 billion in equity commitments, as the utility looks to recover from billions of dollars in liabilities tied to its role in California wildfires that caused the company to file the largest utility bankruptcy in U.S. history. Bloomberg on […]

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PG&E Asks Bankruptcy Judge to Back Restructured Power Deals

August 2, 2019 admin bankruptcy, Business, Chapter 11, Coal, Gas, Legal & Regulatory, Legislative, news, Nuclear, PG&E, Renewables, san diego gas & electric, socal edison

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Fri, 02 Aug 2019 20:55:44 +0000

California utility Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) has asked the judge overseeing its bankruptcy case to support restructured deals with some of the utility’s power suppliers in an effort to reduce the price PG&E pays for those companies’ electricity. The fate of $42 billion worth of long-term power purchase agreements (PPAs) is a key component […]

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