The Biden administration has finalized a $15 billion loan guarantee to California utility Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E), in the biggest outlay to
The L.A.-area fires may pose the first big test of California’s wildfire fund, which was set up in 2019 to protect utilities from bankruptcy.
Pacific Gas and Electric crews are working to get ahead of wildfires in the Los Angeles area to protect the power grid from spreading flames. Crews are clearing areas around powerlines and treating the areas with fire retardant to protect each pole.
The California Public Utilities Commission voted to approve Southern California Edison’s wildfire mitigation plan, ignoring requests that the decision be delayed.
PG&E, San Mateo and power outage
On the ground, PG&E’s Safety and Infrastructure Protection Teams (SIPT) are working to protect critical electric infrastructure by clearing vegetation and treating utility
Pacific Gas & Electric are working with Southern California Edison on power repair and service restoration work along with helping CAL FIRE by clearing brush and applying
PG&E says that their crews are in Southern California working to provide assistance to CAL FIRE, Southern California Edison, and the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power as first
PacificLight Power—backed by Indonesian billionaire Anthoni Salim’s Hong Kong-listed First Pacific—has won a $735 million contract to build and operate a hydrogen-ready combined cycle gas power plant in Singapore.
High voltage power lines? Arson? Embers from a minor blaze that smoldered and reignited days later? All of the above?
Monterey County officials ordered evacuations after Vistra's battery facility at the Moss Landing Power Plant caught fire Thursday.
The loan guarantees are one of the final attempts by the outgoing Biden administration to encourage power companies to cut emissions while trying to keep rates down.