The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has announced updates to the California Teleconnect Fund’s (CTF) recertification process, whereby beginning July 1, 2023, all participants must recertify their eligibility via the eCAP website prior to their eligibility end date. This change is part of CPUC’s ongoing efforts to enhance the program’s efficiency and ensure that it …
Because the Texas energy system is so large and central to the American economy, we all have a shared stake in its energy success. When the Texas grid goes down, Atlanta might not get jet fuel. When Texas gas production freezes up in winter storms, a surprisingly frequent phenomenon, fuel prices spike in Minnesota. And …
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When frigid weather caused rolling blackouts on Christmas Eve across North Carolina, Eliana and David Mundula quickly grew worried about their 2½-week-old daughter, whom they had brought home days earlier from a neonatal intensive care unit. “The temperature was dropping in the house,” said Ms. Mundula, who lives in Matthews, south of Charlotte. “I became …
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This article is part of our Design special section about making the environment a creative partner in the design of beautiful homes. Eleven years ago, Sally Liu, a water-resources engineer, and her husband Bay Chang, then a senior research scientist for Google, bought a 0.84-acre lot for $2.675 million in suburban Hillsborough, Calif. Avid environmentalists …
The Senate voted on Wednesday to reinstate tariffs on solar panels from Chinese companies in Southeast Asia that had been found to be coming into the United States in violation of trade rules. The measure, which passed by a vote of 56 to 41, had already been approved by the House. It sets up a …
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The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), as part of its continued oversight of Pacific Gas and Electric Company’s (PG&E) safety performance, today released the second Independent Safety Monitor (ISM) report. As a condition to approving PG&E’s plan for exiting bankruptcy in May 2020, the CPUC required PG&E’s shareholders to fund an ISM to succeed the …
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The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) today took action to ensure energy reliability and customer choice in Santa Nella, a small community in the San Joaquin Valley. As a result of today’s decision, residents who otherwise stand to lose natural gas service will receive new energy service upgrades with the option for full-home electrification. SNME, …
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The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), in an ongoing commitment to help the state bridge the digital divide, today announced grant awards for broadband projects and planning. The CPUC has awarded $11.9 million in California Advanced Services Fund (CASF) Broadband Adoption Account grants to fund 41 digital inclusion projects from 22 applicants that will serve …
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The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) will hold an online public forum for customers of Bear Valley Electric Services, Inc. (BVES) to offer input about the company’s recent rate requests. WHAT: The public forums will begin with a brief overview of BVES’s rate requests. After that, the CPUC will take comments from the public. BVES …
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WASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen on Thursday called for a “constructive” and “healthy” economic relationship between the United States and China, one in which the two nations could work together to confront global challenges in spite of their conflicting national security interests. Ms. Yellen’s comments, which she delivered at Johns Hopkins University’s School …
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