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How Much Risk is Enough? The Answer Will Shape Billions in Utility Spending (R.26-04-016)

On June 8, parties submitted opening comments in the CPUC's Risk-Based Decision-Making Framework proceeding. The Risk-Based Decision-Making Framework governs how utilities quantify and propose safety…

1d ago·1 min read·188 words

SATURDAY BRIEFING: California's Load Growth Problems are Showing Up Everywhere

Today’s briefing covers the CAISO’s $6.7 billion transmission plan, PG&E’s latest data-center interconnection agreements, the CPUC’s revised 2026 Avoided Cost Calculator proposal, four draft resolutio…

4d ago·1 min read·163 words

Opponents Say SoCalGas’s Outage Reports Undercut the Case for Higher Aliso Canyon Inventory

Sierra Club and Cal Advocates filed June 1 comments challenging SoCalGas's case for higher Aliso Canyon inventory, responding to external and internal outage reports that ALJ Ormond directed the utili…

6d ago·1 min read·151 words

June 11 CPUC Voting Meeting Preview: SoCalGas Under Continued Safety Scrutiny; SDG&E's $267.9M Battery Deal Nears Approval

Next week's CPUC voting meeting covers a fair amount of ground: SoCalGas's safety culture oversight, SDG&E’s utility-owned storage acquisition, CTA complaint-cost allocation, shared renewables impleme…

Jun 3·1 min read·104 words

The CPUC's RA Reset: UCAP, Storage Penalties, EO Limits, and the End of Paper Capacity

The CPUC issued a proposed decision in R.25-10-003, adopting 2027-2029 Local Capacity Requirements, 2027 Flexible Capacity Requirements, and a set of Slice-of-Day RA reforms that changes what it means…

Jun 2·1 min read·138 words

The Energization Quagmire: Bad Data and Big Backlogs

A new ruling in its Timely Energization docket directs PG&E, SCE, and SDG&E to respond to questions arising from Guidehouse's review of the utilities' September 2025 Biannual Energization Reports. All…

Jun 1·1 min read·98 words

Saturday Briefing: SB 1221 Work Advances as Angeles Link and Southern System Risks Remain Unresolved

Today's briefing looks at: * A PD establishing the application process for Senate Bill 1221 decarbonization pilots; * A new ruling in SoCalGas's Phase 1 Angeles Link cost-recovery proceeding; * SD…

May 30·1 min read·128 words

SCE Update: June 1 Rate Changes and RAMP Submission

Today's briefing looks at two rate-related filings from Southern California Edison.

May 28·1 min read·49 words

PG&E Update: Rule 30 Cost-Shift Fight, Capital Structure Denial

In today's PG&E-focused briefing: * Parties submit reply briefs in the CPUC's Rule 30 docket; * A new PD denies PG&E's request to exclude approximately $2.6 billion in wildfire liabilities and a st…

May 27·1 min read·137 words

Thursday Briefing: SDG&E's 2027 ERRA Forecast; Biomethane EITE Exemptions; SoCalGas Line 225 Repairs

Today's briefing looks at SDG&E's 2027 ERRA Forecast submission, with additional updates on biomethane cost allocation, PG&E's natural gas transmission assets, and SoCalGas's latest news on Line 225.

May 21·1 min read·90 words

The CAISO's 2027 Flexible Capacity Filing: Solar Drives 84% of the Ramp, Battery EFC Methodology Unresolved

The CAISO filed its Final 2027 Flexible Capacity Needs Assessment at the CPUC on May 13, providing the technical basis for flexible capacity obligations in the 2027 RA compliance year.

May 20·1 min read·94 words

2027 ERRA Forecasts: SCE Procurement Costs Fall, Yet Bills Edge Higher; PG&E Projects 5.7% Bundled Increase

PG&E and SCE filed their 2027 Energy Resource Recovery Account Forecast applications with the CPUC on May 15. Neither filing is final. October updates will incorporate updated forecast assumptions, ye…

May 20·1 min read·196 words

Intervenor CAP Testimony: Parties Challenge Sempra Utilities' Cost-Allocation, BTS Capacity Cuts, and Storage Proposals

On May 15, parties served direct testimony in A.25-09-014, the SoCalGas/SDG&E 2027 CAP filing, which will allocate natural gas costs and set rates, effective January 1, 2027 through December 31, 2029.…

May 19·1 min read·191 words

SoCalGas Compliance Filing: One Inspection Anomaly Put 90% of San Diego County Gas Supply at Risk

Pursuant to ALJ Ormond's April 16 ruling in A.26-01-009, SoCalGas filed a compliance document cataloging a decade of transmission outages across three operational categories: (i) receipt capacity, (ii…

May 18·1 min read·145 words

SoCalGas Customer Forum: 185 High OFOs, No North-South Expansion, & What 0.5 Bcf/d from Costa Azul Means for Reliability

SoCalGas hosted its 2026 Annual Customer Forum this morning, detailing the April 2025-March 2026 reporting period, the pending 2024 Cost Allocation Proceeding implementation, and its active 2027 CAP p…

May 15·2 min read·224 words

May 14 CPUC Meeting Results: PG&E Reliability Assumptions Shift, Wildfire Costs Repriced, and Diablo Oversight Changes Through 2030

At today's CPUC voting meeting, the Commission adopted the following items. * A decision authorizing a deal between PG&E and TURN over how much natural gas PG&E needs available during extremely cold…

May 14·2 min read·318 words

CAISO Files Final 2027 Local Capacity Technical Report: the Bay Area Enters 2027 With Just 198 MW of Margin

The CAISO filed its Final 2027 Local Capacity Technical Report in the CPUC's Resource Adequacy docket. (See CRI's coverage of the Draft Report here.) CAISO: LA Basin Capacity Is Getting More Expensiv…

May 13·1 min read·93 words

WEDNESDAY AGGREGATE: An Electric Rate Reset Begins; New Diablo Canyon Cost-Recovery Disputes; and LSE Over-Procurement?

In today's briefing: * Multiple parties react to the CPUC's ambitious new rate-design docket; * PG&E responds to a stern letter from CPUC President John Reynolds; * PG&E responds to protests of it…

May 13·1 min read·91 words

Rule 30: Partial Settlement Opens Early View Into Large Loads as Parties Push Data-Center Cost Responsibility

RULE 30 SETTLEMENT PG&E, Cal Advocates, CalCCA, and Sierra Club filed a joint motion asking the CPUC to approve a partial settlement in PG&E's Electric Rule 30 proceeding, which governs transmission-…

May 12·1 min read·57 words

MONDAY NEWS CODEX: EDAM Launch; Golden State Wind; Carbon-Free Pasadena

* Battery Array as Powerful as 12 Nuclear Plants Hits Major Milestone in California: "While Californians were getting ready for spring break in late March, the state quietly broke an energy grid reco…

May 12·1 min read·94 words

CRI Rate Change: $75/Month

CRI is implementing a new pricing model of $75/month for everyone. The goal is simple: fewer emails, less procedural volume, and a greater focus on developments that matter. We will continue to analy…

May 11·1 min read·76 words

FRIDAY AGGREGATE: Direct Access Conflicts Reignite as California Load Growth Accelerates

Today's briefing: * A new Direct Access battleground has emerged; * The Sempra Utilities unveil a $348 million enterprise system migration; * Winter gas bill shocks have become a cost-deferral exe…

May 8·1 min read·63 words

PG&E Reports $4.05 Billion Above Capital Forecast in Risk-Spending Accountability Filing

PG&E filed its 2025 Risk Spending Accountability Report in three dockets: its 2023 General Rate Case (A.21-06-021), 2024 RAMP (A.24-05-008), and pending GRC (A.25-05-009). The 362-page filing compares…

May 7·1 min read·55 words

WEDNESDAY AGGREGATE: 957 MMcfd or 2,700 MMcfd — Whose Aliso Canyon Supply Numbers are Correct?

Today's briefing looks at: * A continuing round of conflict in the Aliso Canyon Biennial Assessment proceeding; * A new document from SoCalGas that champions underground gas storage as long-duratio…

May 6·1 min read·87 words

May 14 CPUC Voting Meeting Preview: PG&E NG Peak-Day Reset, $1.95B Woolsey Securitization, Diablo Cost Threshold Shift

The CPUC's May 14 voting meeting agenda features a potential reset of PG&E’s natural gas peak-day supply outlook, $1.951 billion in SCE's Woolsey Fire securitization, and a stricter Diablo Canyon cost…

May 5·1 min read·49 words

MONDAY NEWS CODEX: CAISO Summer Loads Assessment

* 2026 Summer Loads and Resources Assessment: "2,127 MW of resource adequacy eligible nameplate capacity have been added to the CAISO grid from September 1, 2025 through April 1, 2026 and an addition…

May 4·1 min read·91 words

SoCalGas: Upstream Constraints Drive Curtailment Risk in Southern California

On May 1, SoCalGas complied with ALJ Ormond's April 16 ruling in A.26-01-009 by providing information on outages and concerning events that occurred outside of SoCalGas's service territory over the pa…

May 4·1 min read·78 words

FRIDAY AGGREGATE: SoCalGas Report Tracks Storage Dependence During High-Stress Conditions

Today's briefing includes updates on SoCalGas's system reliability for the period of April 2025 - March 2026 plus a stern letter from CPUC President John Reynolds to PG&E, which is being folded into t…

May 1·1 min read·49 words

April 30 CPUC Voting Meeting Results: Biomethane Cut, Hydrogen Denied, Transmission Financing Opens

The CPUC's April 30 voting meeting featured major moves on RNG, hydrogen, transmission financing, electric rates, and risk-based decision-making.

May 1·1 min read·32 words

WEDNESDAY AGGREGATE: LOLE Inputs, Capacity Screens, and Industrial Load Delays

Today's briefing covers the following matters. * RESOURCE ADEQUACY: Analysis of work that the CPUC's Energy Division is doing to inform a 2028 Loss of Load Expectation Study. * ENERGIZATION: PG&E's…

Apr 29·1 min read·83 words

Aliso Canyon Workshop Comments: Demand, Supply Risk, and Cost

Three parties filed April 28 opening comments following an Aliso Canyon Biennial Assessment Workshop earlier this month. (See CRI's workshop report here.) April 15 Aliso Canyon Biennial Assessment Wo…

Apr 29·1 min read·79 words

MONDAY AGGREGATE: PG&E GRC Judges Challenge Forecasts, Capitalization, Undergrounding Costs

Today's briefing covers the following matters. * PG&E GENERAL RATE CASE: In a new ruling, CPUC judges tell PG&E to show its math. They note potential problems in cost forecasts, spending assumptions…

Apr 27·1 min read·88 words

FRIDAY AGGREGATE: CPUC Staff Move to Collapse Gas Carbon Value in ACC, IOUs Note DR Capacity Cliff, PG&E Breaches Backbone Floor

Below are items in today's briefing. * AVOIDED COST CALCULATOR: The CPUC is updating the calculator that sets the dollar value of rooftop solar exports, batteries, and energy-efficiency programs. Th…

Apr 24·1 min read·94 words

April 30 CPUC Voting Meeting Preview: RNG Retreat, Hydrogen Denial, PG&E Financing Test

The CPUC's April 30 business meeting could produce decisions impacting utility finances, hydrogen, biomethane mandates, wildfire cost allocation, DER data, and retail bill relief. Below are some items…

Apr 21·1 min read·89 words

MONDAY AGGREGATE: New Friction for Aliso Canyon; New Transmission Questions for PG&E

Today's briefing covers: * The latest in Aliso Canyon procedural arcana; * A successor docket for the CPUC's Risk-Based Decision-Making Framework; * The proper accounting of PG&E transmission asse…

Apr 20·1 min read·52 words

MONDAY NEWS CODEX: Senate Bill 1359; Perovskite-Silicon Manufacturing in CA; the Trolley Problem

* Are Long-Promised Solar Perovskites Finally Hitting Mass Production? "Perovskites hold a place of honor in the pantheon of much-heralded clean energy breakthroughs that have yet to actually arrive,…

Apr 20·1 min read·83 words

FRIDAY AGGREGATE: Aliso Canyon Goes Procedural; CPUC May Keep PG&E Wildfire Costs on Track

Today's briefing covers: * The continuing Aliso Canyon saga; * PG&E's Wildfire & Gas Safety application; * SoCalGas's upcoming customer forum; * Backbone gas transmission adequacy; * Nuclear dec…

Apr 17·1 min read·48 words

Aliso Canyon Workshop: Energy Division Pushes Inventory Cut as SoCalGas Warns of Supply Shortfalls

The CPUC’s first Aliso Canyon Biennial Assessment Workshop exposed a direct conflict over whether Southern California gas reliability depends on storage or on optimistic assumptions about pipeline per…

Apr 15·1 min read·42 words

WEDNESDAY AGGREGATE: PG&E and SCE Launch Flexible Service Connections, Allowing Large Loads to Interconnect Before Grid Upgrades

Today's briefing includes: * Flexible Service Connections; * IOU opposition to any non-zero valuation of pre-2019 banked RECs in the PCIA; * A potential new compliance layer in the Climate Change …

Apr 15·1 min read·71 words

MONDAY AGGREGATE: CPUC Begins Setting Cost-Recovery Parameters as Undergrounding and Securitization Frameworks Take Shape

Today's briefing covers: * Benefit-Cost Ratio calculations for electrical undergrounding; * A PD authorizing SCE to issue almost $2 billion in recovery bonds to finance Woolsey Fire costs; * Energ…

Apr 13·1 min read·74 words

CPUC Advances SCE Rate Design Settlements as V2G Rejection Draws Industry Pushback

On April 9, parties filed comments on a proposed decision in SCE's 2024 General Rate Case Phase 2.

Apr 10·1 min read·30 words

Angeles Link Denial Draws Broad Support, but Parties Look to Contain Precedent Risk

On April 9, parties filed comments on a proposed decision denying SoCalGas's request to recover $266 million from natural gas ratepayers to fund Phase 2 front-end engineering and design work for the A…

Apr 10·1 min read·84 words

FRIDAY AGGREGATE: IRP Rehearing Tests a Constrained Procurement Model as Demand Response and Pole Access Rules Move

Today's briefing includes: * Updates to our April 9 summary of CPUC Resolution E-5440, whose final redlined changes are now available; * An AFR addressing the CPUC's recent procurement order in the…

Apr 10·1 min read·96 words

April 9, 2026 CPUC Voting Meeting Results: Commission Launches Rate-Design Overhaul as Wildfire Costs, Data Centers, and Income Tiers Collide

The CPUC convened for its April 9 voting meeting. As we anticipated yesterday, three notable items were held by the Commission until its April 30 meeting: * BIOMETHANE: A proposed decision modifying…

Apr 9·1 min read·95 words

Changes to April 9 CPUC Voting Meeting Agenda: Renewable Gas Standard PD Delayed Until April 30

Some substantive energy items on the April 9 CPUC voting meeting agenda have been delayed until April 30. Commissioner Darcie Houck held the following two items for further review.

Apr 8·1 min read·45 words

WEDNESDAY AGGREGATE: Cost Questions Intensify Across Storage, SB 1221, and Shared Renewables

Today's aggregate includes: * More activity involving Senate Bill 1221 decarbonization pilots; * Utility safety metric reports and energization reports; * A PD establishing the statewide Shared Re…

Apr 8·1 min read·86 words

CAISO Draft Plan: Congestion Surge Forces $7 Billion Transmission Buildout to Serve Load Growth

The CAISO published its draft 2025–2026 Transmission Plan, which identifies 38 transmission projects totaling $7 billion over the next decade. These projects combine new infrastructure with upgrades t…

Apr 8·1 min read·57 words

MONDAY AGGREGATE: CPUC Scoping Memo Opens Fight Over PG&E Gas Cost Reallocation

Today's briefing includes: * A scoping memo in the PG&E "CARD" proceeding; * An upcoming Aliso Canyon workshop; * SCE's wildfire cost recovery; * SCE's 2025 ERRA compliance; * PG&E's annual upda…

Apr 7·1 min read·52 words

WEDNESDAY AGGREGATE: SoCalGas BTS 2026 — Capacity Scarcity and Price Risk Without an Exit

Today's briefing is a microcosm of a gas system that is being redefined across infrastructure access and funding eligibility. SoCalGas is pushing more risk onto shippers competing for limited transpor…

Apr 1·1 min read·86 words

PCIA Reset Incoming: Track 3 Opens the Door to Repricing Cost Responsibility

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Track 3 of R.25-02-005 is shaping up to be the most consequential PCIA proceeding since the CPUC's 2017 overhaul, with parties filing divergent comments on scope, sequencing, and da…

Apr 1·1 min read·91 words

Cost-Recovery Battle Begins for SB 1221: Rate Base, Regulatory Assets, or No Recovery at All?

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Senate Bill 1221 has moved into a cost-recovery decision: whether pilots are treated as infrastructure or customer programs. Utilities are seeking near-parity with traditional gas i…

Apr 1·1 min read·79 words

CPUC April 9 Voting Preview: New Rulemaking Forces a Decision on Who Pays for Large Load

The CPUC published the agenda for its April 9 business meeting. Items that are up for consideration include: * A major new rulemaking on electric rate design; * Utility remediation plans that addre…

Mar 31·1 min read·89 words

MONDAY AGGREGATE: Edison's AMI 2.0 Program; an SPD-37 Fight; and PG&E's Diablo Canyon Year 3 Filing

Today's briefing covers: * SCE's application to deploy its AMI 2.0 program; * More conflict under Resolution SPD-37's requirements; * PG&E's third annual Diablo Canyon extended operations applicat…

Mar 30·1 min read·61 words

CRI Seeks a Utility Partner — DOE Deadline April 9

CRI is seeking a load-serving entity to sign a Letter of Support for a Department of Energy grid cybersecurity project, i.e. the "Digitizing Utilities Prize," which is focused on improving how utiliti…

Mar 29·1 min read·87 words

Parties Submit Opening Comments on CPUC's Renewable Gas Standard PD

Parties recently commented on CPUC President John Reynolds' March 6 PD, which restructures the Renewable Gas Standard (see CRI's coverage here). The parties converge on a single point: the Renewable G…

Mar 27·1 min read·82 words

FRIDAY AGGREGATE: New Climate Credit Timing; SCE Dynamic Pricing Delayed

Today's report includes: * A new PD in the CPUC's Climate Credit rulemaking directing immediate interim changes to the state's Climate Credit program; * A new ALJ ruling indicating that the Commiss…

Mar 27·1 min read·84 words

WEEKEND NEWS CODEX: Assembly Bill 1777; Senate Bill 913; and California vs. the Defense Production Act

* "We're Harvesting the Sun" – a Huge Solar Project Grows in California: "A sweeping plan to build 21 gigawatts of solar plus batteries on 136,000 acres could be a lifeline for Central Valley farmers…

Mar 27·1 min read·96 words

MONDAY AGGREGATE: CPUC Approves SCE Rate-Design Settlements, Denies SoCalGas $266M for Angeles Link Hydrogen Pipeline

Today's roundup examines: * A proposed decision largely approving SCE's 2024 General Rate Case Phase 2 settlements; * A PD denying SoCalGas's request to recover $266 million from gas ratepayers for…

Mar 23·1 min read·91 words

WEEKEND NEWS CODEX: Balcony Solar Legislation; Gas Tax Relief Bill; Casa Diablo IV

* California's Declining Oil Refinancing Capacity as an Adaptation Bottleneck: "California has the most environmental regulations in the nation and this sector has borne the brunt of these costs." EN…

Mar 20·1 min read·84 words

March 19, 2026 CPUC Voting Meeting Results: Commissioner John Reynolds' First Meeting as President

CPUC commissioner John Reynolds presided over his first voting meeting today following his appointment to president. Additionally, Commissioner Christine Harada made her debut appearance, bringing pri…

Mar 19·1 min read·84 words

Current Status of March 19, 2026 CPUC Voting Meeting Agenda

Some substantive energy items on the March 19 CPUC voting meeting agenda have been delayed until April. CPUC Voting Meeting Hold List * ICA Tools: Draft Resolution E-5440 approves remediation plan…

Mar 18·1 min read·89 words

WEDNESDAY AGGREGATE: PG&E Challenges CPUC Denial of $172M in Vegetation Management Costs

Today's update covers: * PG&E's wildfire mitigation costs; * Zonal decarbonization pilots; and * SoCalGas's Distribution Integrity Management Program.

Mar 18·1 min read·31 words

San Diego Gas & Electric: PCIA Bill Transparency

SDG&E filed Advice Letter 4817-E today for approval to change how the Power Charge Indifference Adjustment is presented to bundled customers, in compliance with D.25-09-006 (SDG&E's 2024 General Rate …

Mar 17·1 min read·44 words

MONDAY AGGREGATE: Stipulation Charts a Course for $1.951 Billion Woolsey Fire Securitization

Today's top item is a joint stipulation between SCE and Cal Advocates in A.26-01-007, where Edison seeks authority to issue $1.951 billion in recovery bonds to finance costs related to the 2018 Woolse…

Mar 17·1 min read·91 words

WEEKEND NEWS CODEX: NEM 3.0 Upheld by Appeals Court

* Appeals Court Upholds California's Net Metering 3.0: "The 2022 changes to California’s net metering tariff, which substantially reduced the price utilities pay for customer-generated power, were up…

Mar 16·1 min read·83 words

FRIDAY AGGREGATE: Chevron/Valero Challenge 59.2% Crude Oil Transportation Rate Increase

Friday's roundup looks at an application for rehearing filed by Chevron and Valero that challenges last month's CPUC authorization of a 59.2% Crimson Pipeline rate increase for crude oil transportatio…

Mar 13·1 min read·87 words

WEDNESDAY AGGREGATE: Demand Response Bridge Funding; CalCCA on PCIA Reform; New PG&E Data Center in Gilroy

Today's aggregate looks at: * A ruling in the CPUC's Demand Response proceeding regarding "bridge year" funding for utilities' DR programs; * Ex parte communications in the ERRA/PCIA Reform docket bet…

Mar 11·1 min read·90 words

March 19, 2026 CPUC Voting Meeting Preview: Transmission-Level Planning Problems Take Center Stage

Below is the lineup of items the CPUC is scheduled to consider on March 19. The dominant story is the buildout of physical and regulatory infrastructure for a mass electrification future. Three recurr…

Mar 10·1 min read·93 words

MONDAY AGGREGATE: Senate Bill 1221 Implementation; Reining in RNG Costs; PG&E Arrangement with Citizens Energy Corporation

Today's aggregate provides updates on: * Continued implementation of Senate Bill 1221 and priority zone decarbonization projects; * An attempt by the CPUC to rein in biomethane costs; * PG&E's lon…

Mar 9·1 min read·89 words

WEDNESDAY AGGREGATE: Rule 21 Interconnection Review Opens; CPUC Expands PG&E 2027 GRC Scope

Today's roundup includes the following items. * Interconnection: A scoping memo in the Rule 21 Update proceeding indicates that the OIR's initial phase will focus on whether the CPUC should: * Mo…

Mar 4·1 min read·84 words

March 1, 2026 Rate Roundup: California IOU Natural Gas Rate Increases

Below is a consolidated roundup of the March 1 natural gas rate increases that CRI reported on last week. If you're finding our reports useful, please consider becoming a paid subscriber, or inquirin…

Mar 3·1 min read·86 words

SDG&E April 1 Filing: Wildfire Track 2 Adds $48 Million/Year; Delivery Rates Up 1.3%, Residential Bills Slightly Down

A new SDG&E Advice Letter (4791-E, available here) implements rates adopted in the company's 2024 General Rate Case Phase 2 decision (D.25-09-006) and in the Track 2 wildfire mitigation cost-recovery …

Mar 3·1 min read·91 words

MONDAY AGGREGATE: Load Growth Caps, PG&E ERRA Compliance; Crimson's 67% Crude Pipeline Rate Hike

February 2026 ended with a bang; many items surfaced late last week and spilled over into Monday. We're getting you caught up on them now. * DISTRIBUTED ENERGY RESOURCES/LOAD GROWTH: The major elect…

Mar 3·1 min read·88 words

CPUC’s D.22-09-026 Exception Pathway Gets Its First Test: SoCalGas RNG Projects May Fall Short

Last week, parties filed opening briefs in A.25-07-001. Recall that, in this application, SoCalGas seeks approval to provide approximately $4.2 million in gas line extension allowances for eight non-r…

Mar 2·1 min read·81 words

PG&E and SoCalGas/SDG&E Spending Billions to Perform Gas-System Overhauls

PG&E and SoCalGas submitted their major, planned natural gas infrastructure investments under the CPUC's General Order 177 long-term gas planning framework. The filings highlight a statewide wave of …

Mar 2·1 min read·65 words

PG&E March 1 Filing: B-20 Transmission Rates Edge Up While Average Delivery Rates Decline (Bundled −2.3%, DA/CCA −1.3%, Excluding GHG Returns)

PG&E submitted Advice Letter 7846-E to implement electric rate and tariff changes effective March 1, incorporating multiple revenue requirement adjustments and rate-design directives previously approv…

Mar 2·1 min read·87 words

FRIDAY AGGREGATE: Woolsey Fire Update; IOUs' Energization Costs; SCE's IT/Enterprise Resource Funding

Today's report includes the following items. * WOOLSEY FIRE: A prehearing conference convened in the proceeding where SCE seeks a financing order under the Public Utilities Code to securitize $1.951…

Feb 27·1 min read·85 words

WEEKEND NEWS CODEX: California Offshore Drilling; 6 GW of Non-Fossil Fuel Capacity; Diablo Canyon Milestone

* Banned in California – the Electric Car: "Building an EV requires metal forging, battery manufacturing, painting, and chip fabrication — all processes that drove Tesla to build in Nevada and Texas.…

Feb 27·1 min read·95 words

February 26, 2026 CPUC Voting Meeting Results: President Alice Reynolds' Final Meeting

Today's CPUC voting meeting marked the final time Commissioner Alice Reynolds was present for her role as CPUC president. President Reynolds is moving on to work with the CAISO, and fellow commissione…

Feb 26·1 min read·85 words

WEDNESDAY AGGREGATE: Stanpac Transaction Scrutiny; Wildfire Cost Challenge; SDG&E ERRA Dispute

Today's update focuses on: * Natural Gas Transmission Assets: A joint prehearing conference statement for PG&E’s application to acquire Stanpac’s gas transmission pipeline assets and related interes…

Feb 25·1 min read·81 words

March 1, 2026 SDG&E Natural Gas Rate Increase

SDG&E filed Advice Letter 3498-G (available here) requesting approval to update its natural gas transportation rates effective March 1, primarily to reflect changes in SoCalGas's revenue requirement a…

Feb 25·1 min read·42 words

March 1, 2026 SoCalGas Rate Increase

SoCalGas filed Advice Letter 6605-G (available here) to implement interim increases to its natural gas transportation rates effective March 1.

Feb 25·1 min read·26 words

March 1, 2026 PG&E Noncore Natural Gas Rate Increase

PG&E filed Advice Letter 5184-G seeking CPUC approval to implement updated noncore gas transportation tariff rates effective March 1, reflecting revenue requirement changes previously authorized by th…

Feb 25·1 min read·37 words

MONDAY AGGREGATE: Aliso Canyon Clash; PCIA/ERRA Reform (Track 3); Criticism of IRP Continues

Today's update examines party criticisms of Aliso Canyon natural gas storage levels, consequential portfolio recovery issues in the ERRA/PCIA Reform docket, and the scoping memo for SoCalGas and Lakes…

Feb 23·1 min read·86 words

WEEKEND NEWS CODEX: Assembly Bill 1777; Flexible Service Connection; Diablo Canyon

* Bill Would Expand CARB Authority Over Indirect Emissions Sources: "California Assemblymember Robert Garcia introduced legislation to expand the state’s authority to regulate greenhouse gas emission…

Feb 21·1 min read·78 words

FRIDAY AGGREGATE: SONGS Cost Fight, IRP Flex Push, Mega-Load Interconnection Changes

Today's roundup covers ongoing disputes over the 2024 Nuclear Decommissioning Cost Triennial Proceeding for San Onofre, ex parte influences on a proposed decision in the IRP docket, and PG&E's handlin…

Feb 20·1 min read·87 words

February 26, 2026 CPUC Voting Meeting Preview: IRP 6,000 MW Order; Closure on Winter Gas Price Investigation

R.25-06-019 · Proposed Decision · Attachment A PROCUREMENT OBLIGATIONS BY LOAD SERVING ENTITY Net Qualifying Capacity targets for 2030 and 2032 compliance years 6,000 Total MW NQC 31 LSEs …

Feb 19·1 min read·94 words

Newsom Installs John Reynolds as CPUC President, Framing Affordability and Wildfire Spending Oversight as Top Priorities

Governor Gavin Newsom announced the designation of current CPUC Commissioner John Reynolds as the next President of the agency, succeeding Alice Reynolds, who will step down later this month and join …

Feb 19·1 min read·89 words

WEDNESDAY AGGREGATE: Wildfire Financing, Gas Backbone Upgrades, IRP Procurement Pressure

Today's roundup spans wildfire securitization, compressor station upgrades, customer billing infrastructure, IRP ex parte communications, and Resource Adequacy scheduling. * Woolsey Fire: in SCE's f…

Feb 18·1 min read·77 words

EPIC 5 Shaping Up as Continuity Program With Some Course Corrections

In a series of opening comments on the CPUC’s proposed decision establishing strategic objectives for the Electric Program Investment Charge (EPIC) program, parties largely support renewing the progra…

Feb 13·1 min read·55 words

Storage Market Review Likely Despite ISP Clearance; PG&E Warns Price Cap Could Create $3 Billion Liquidity Requirement

On February 12 parties filed comments responding to the CPUC's proposed decision in I.23-03-008, which addresses the winter 2022–2023 natural gas price spike. Recall that, rather than pursuing commod…

Feb 13·1 min read·87 words

FRIDAY AGGREGATE: Scoping Memo Lands in CPUC's Demand Response Rulemaking

Today's end-of-week roundup includes: * A scoping memo in the CPUC's Demand Response rulemaking confirming that the CPUC is moving toward a comprehensive reset of DR policy, not just a bridge-year f…

Feb 13·1 min read·85 words

Utilities Must Fix and Reconcile Integration Capacity Maps Under CPUC Draft Resolution

The CPUC issued Draft Resolution E-5440, which would approve, with modifications, remediation plans submitted by PG&E, SCE, and SDG&E to fix accuracy, transparency, and usability problems in their Int…

Feb 12·1 min read·59 words

CPUC Potentially Clears Path for PG&E Data Center Interconnection Facility; Defers Cost Recovery Fights

The CPUC issued Draft Resolution E-5447, which approves PG&E's Advice Letter 7653-E, authorizing a non-standard Engineering, Procurement, and Construction agreement with STACK Infrastructure for const…

Feb 12·1 min read·84 words

CARD or Separate Rulemaking? Why PG&E and Storage Providers Are Fighting to Keep ISP Market Scrutiny Out of A.25-11-006

In A.25-11-006, parties filed opening comments on the draft scope of issues for PG&E’s 2027–2030 Gas Cost Allocation and Rate Design (CARD) proceeding. (CRI's previous CARD coverage is available here.…

Feb 12·1 min read·80 words

WEDNESDAY AGGREGATE: Risk Mitigation Accountability; SoCalGas Gas Line Scope Fight; PG&E Hinkley Emergency Bypass; and POLR Draft Resolution

Today's roundup covers a wide spectrum of items spanning risk mitigation, gas line extension allowances, Senate Bill 1221, Provider of Last Resort, Diablo Canyon, and natural gas backbone transportati…

Feb 11·1 min read·89 words

MONDAY AGGREGATE: IOU Cost Discipline Following Senate Bill 254; PG&E Cost of Capital Adjustments; LCFS and EV Program Volatility

Today's roundup has a heavy emphasis on PG&E. * WILDFIRE COST RECOVERY: In PG&E's 2027 General Rate Case proceeding, several parties have responded to an amended scoping memo, with thoughts on how S…

Feb 9·1 min read·96 words

High DERs Update: How the CPUC Treats New Electrification Study Will Determine Billions in Utility Spending Authority

Below is a synthesis and comparison of stakeholder comments in the CPUC's High DER Future docket, which were filed in response to Cal Advocates' "Distribution Grid Electrification Model 2025 Study and…

Feb 7·1 min read·87 words

FRIDAY AGGREGATE: PG&E Looks to Bypass CPCN Review; SDG&E Hydrogen Project Faces Opposition

CRI's Friday roundup compiles activity involving: * BAJA PATH GAS TRANSMISSION: PG&E's motion to withdraw its pending CPCN application for the $75 million + S-238 Hinkley Compressor Station Electric…

Feb 6·1 min read·80 words

February 5, 2026 CPUC Voting Meeting Results: Commission Clears Path for Immediate Energization Under New Flexible Service Connection Rules

The CPUC's February 5 voting meeting authorized several notable decisions. First and foremost, the Commission adopted a decision in the Energization rulemaking (R.24-01-018) that directs PG&E and SCE…

Feb 5·1 min read·90 words