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CPUC Reminds Californians of New 369 Area Code Coming to the 707 Area Code Region on February 1

The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) today again reminds Californians that the new 369 area code will soon be available in the existing 707 area code region. With new telephone numbers in the 707 area code region in high demand, the CPUC in June 2022 approved adding the new 369 area code to overlay the …

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CPUC Approves Advanced Services and Technical Assistance Funding for Regional and Local Planning and Coordination

The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), in its ongoing commitment to help the state bridge the digital divide, today announced it has awarded more than $10.3 million in the California Advanced Services Fund (CASF) Rural and Urban Regional Broadband Consortia Account to fund 15 consortia projects, and $3.2 million Local Agency Technical Assistance (LATA) grants …

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CPUC To Hold Public Forums on PG&E Nuclear Decommissioning Trust Funding

The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) will hold two public forums to provide an opportunity to offer comment about PG&E’s requests related to funding the Nuclear Decommissioning Trust, as follows: WHEN WHERE HOW TO ACCESS January 26, 2023, 6 p.m. Remote only Webcast: www.adminmonitor.com/ca/cpuc Phone: 1-800-857-1917, passcode: 1767567# (More information about the remote access options …

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California Receives $9 Million in Federal Grants for Digital Equity and Last Mile

California received nearly $9 million in federal grants to advance Broadband for All in every corner of the state. Funding originated from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, signed by President Biden, to plan for the deployment and adoption of affordable, equitable, and reliable high-speed Internet service throughout the state. “California is committed to expanding access to …

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CPUC Awards Third Round of Grants to Local Governments To Help Close the Digital Divide

The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) today announced it has made its third round of awards for State broadband funds to local governments by providing $5.75 million in broadband technical assistance grants to 16 local governments to support efforts to close the digital divide. These are in addition to grants announced earlier this month. Eight …

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CPUC Staff Propose $4.5 Million SCE Penalty for Safety Failure

The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) today issued a $4.5 million Staff Citation to Southern California Edison (SCE) for a 2018 incident that resulted in a fatality. In January 2018, an SCE contract worker was fatally injured while attempting to transfer a de-energized 115 kV overhead conductor from a lattice transmission tower to a new …

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CPUC To Hold Public Forum on San Onofre Decommissioning

The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) will hold a remote public forum to provide an opportunity to offer comment about Southern California Edison’s (SCE) and San Diego Gas & Electric’s (SDG&E) requests related to the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS), as follows: WHEN: January 10, 2023, 5 p.m. WHERE: Remote access via webcast or …

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CPUC Takes Action To Support Transportation Electrification

The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) today advanced the state’s deep decarbonization and ambitious transportation electrification goals by approving two decisions that contribute to California’s historic push to transform the transportation sector to zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs). Transportation is responsible for more than half of the greenhouse gas emissions of the state. The California Air Resources …

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CPUC Acts To Advance Understanding of Hydrogen’s Role As Decarbonization Strategy

The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) today adopted two decisions to assess the feasibility and safety implications of utilizing clean renewable hydrogen as a decarbonization strategy for the natural gas system and hard-to-electrify industries. The CPUC allowed Southern California Gas Company to proceed with an initial phase of feasibility studies for the Angeles Link Project, …

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CPUC Approves Funding for Public Housing Broadband Projects

The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), in its ongoing commitment to help the state bridge the digital divide, today announced it has awarded approximately $1.398 million in California Advanced Services Fund (CASF) Broadband Public Housing Account grants to fund 19 public housing broadband projects from three applicants that will serve residents of 800 units. The …

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