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CPUC Webinar – A Recap of California Teleconnect Fund

The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), in ongoing efforts to bridge the digital divide, will hold a free webinar on the California Teleconnect Fund (CTF), which provides eligible organizations with discounted rates on selected telecommunications and broadband services. During this virtual event, CPUC staff will recap the prior four public webinars. WHEN: Feb. 5, 2024, …

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U.S. Will Pay to Add Solar Panels to Hospitals, Schools After Disasters

The Federal Emergency Management Agency will begin paying to install solar panels on schools, hospitals and other public buildings that are rebuilt after disasters, making them more resilient against future disasters while reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The change, set to be announced on Tuesday, reflects the disaster agency’s decision to use federal dollars to expand …

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Georgia Senators Press Biden for Tougher Tariffs on Chinese Solar Panels

A bipartisan quartet of senators, led by two Democrats from the critical swing state of Georgia, are asking President Biden to toughen up tariffs on Chinese solar panels or face a glutted market just as the president’s clean-energy tax credits hit the market. “We must not allow China to destroy U.S. manufacturing and control this …

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CPUC Invites You to Public Forums on AT&T’s Requests Regarding Voice Service Obligations

The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) will hold in-person and virtual public forums for customers of AT&T to provide input into the company’s two proposals to remove its obligation to provide voice services in its service territories. WHEN FORMAT LOCATION February 6, 2024, 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. In-person only Clovis City Council Chambers1033 5th St., …

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CPUC Starts Work to Establish Customer Energization Timelines

The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) is taking steps to establish energization timelines for investor-owned utility (IOU) customers. In an effort to meet the State’s electrification goals and support the state’s growing housing and economy-wide needs, the CPUC has initiated a new proceeding, known as an Order Instituting Rulemaking (OIR), focused on customer energization. Directed …

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CPUC Approves $45 Million Penalty in Settlement With PG&E For Dixie Fire

The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) today approved a settlement agreement between the CPUC’s Safety and Enforcement Division (SED) and Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E), which penalizes PG&E $45 million for its involvement in the 2021 Dixie Fire. The 2021 Dixie Fire started on July 13, 2021, and ignited after a Douglas fir tree …

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CPUC Invests More Than $6 Million to Close the Digital Divide in Rural and Tribal Communities

In a continued effort to support California’s Broadband For All initiative, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) today acted on grant funding of more than $6 million to enhance high-speed internet access in tribal and rural communities. Details of today’s awards are as follows: Round Valley Indian Tribes’ (RVIT) Fiber to the Home Project “I …

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California Has Dealt a Blow to Renewable Energy, Some Businesses Say

California has long championed renewable energy, but a change in the state’s policies last year has led to a sharp decline in the installation of residential rooftop solar in the state. Thousands of companies — including installers, manufacturers and distributors — are reeling from the new policy, which took effect in April and greatly reduced …

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CPUC Informational Webinar on California Teleconnect Fund Claims

The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), in ongoing efforts to bridge the digital divide, will hold a free webinar on the California Teleconnect Fund (CTF), which provides eligible organizations with discounted rates on selected telecommunications and broadband services. During this virtual event, CPUC staff will discuss the CTF claim processes. WHEN: Jan. 22, 2024, 10 …

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Opinion | Missing Profits May Be a Problem for the Green Transition

This is one reason it has become less common for climate skeptics to talk about how much consumers would be burdened by price spikes brought about by a green transition, or to invoke Bill Gates’s “green premium” or the “cautionary tale” of France’s yellow-vest movement, and more common to hear them ask whether the renewable …

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