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California regulators propose plan that could close Aliso Canyon. Or is it just ‘kicking the can’?
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1 month, 1 week ago

California regulators propose plan that could close Aliso Canyon. Or is it just ‘kicking the can’?

LA Times  

North San Fernando Valley residents hold a rally near the entrance of Southern California Gas Co.’s Aliso Canyon storage facility in Porter Ranch in October 2019. The California Public Utilities Commission this week unveiled a proposal that could potentially close the Aliso Canyon gas storage field in the coming years, but local activists and politicians say it doesn’t provide a …

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PG&E penalized $45 million in Dixie fire settlement with CPUC
10 months, 4 weeks ago

PG&E penalized $45 million in Dixie fire settlement with CPUC

LA Times  

Pacific Gas & Electric Company will be penalized $45 million for its involvement in one of the largest and most destructive wildfires in California history under a settlement reached recently between the utility and state regulators. The Dixie fire, which burned nearly 1 million acres and destroyed more than 1,300 homes, ignited July 13, 2021, after a Douglas fir tree …

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Opinion: Here is one way California can end its rooftop solar wars
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Opinion: Here is one way California can end its rooftop solar wars

LA Times  

California needs to accelerate rooftop solar deployment, not constrain it. Because California has long been a leader in rooftop solar policy, the commission’s decisions may be imperiling rooftop solar elsewhere: Last month, Hawaii instituted similar cuts to its incentives. Without incentives, though, it doesn’t make financial sense for most Californians to install rooftop solar, meaning we all get less of …

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Editorial: Slow the roll of robotaxis. They aren’t safe enough yet to take over California’s streets
1 year, 5 months ago

Editorial: Slow the roll of robotaxis. They aren’t safe enough yet to take over California’s streets

LA Times  

Two Cruise robotaxis drive through police tape into an emergency scene, where electrical wires became snarled on the rooftop lidar sensors. Despite protests from emergency personnel and city officials, the California Public Utilities Commission has indicated in filings that it intends to let Waymo and Cruise expand service with an unlimited number of driverless taxis collecting fares throughout San Francisco …

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California Issues Permits to Cruise, Waymo to Commence Autonomous Car Services
2 years, 9 months ago

California Issues Permits to Cruise, Waymo to Commence Autonomous Car Services

News 18  

The California Public Utilities Commission on Monday issued permits to self-driving units of General Motors and Alphabet Inc to allow for passenger service in autonomous vehicles with safety drivers present. CPUC said the GM unit Cruise and Alphabet’s Waymo are under Drivered Deployment permits authorized to collect fares from passengers and may offer shared rides. Starting Monday, Cruise is allowed …

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