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CPUC and CAISO Kick Off a Regulatory Proceeding to Examine and Plan to Ensuring a Reliable and Affordable Energy Grid
Regulators are tackling the need to ensure grid reliability, a problem spotlighted during last August's blackouts, while also trying to figure out how to replace the retiring Diablo Canyon nuclear facility, as well as a suite of natural gas plants. UCAN is involved...
CPUC to Accelerate EV Charger Deployment
In a recent proceeding that UCAN contributed significantly, the Commission announced it would offer more flexibility in what infrastructure can be deploy before 2025. And the CPUC required the utilities should follow to ensure equity in their EV infrastructure...
City of SD Approves New SDG&E Franchise
The San Diego City Council finalized a new utility franchise agreement between the city and SDG&E, confirming a deal that will see the utility continue to provide power service within the city limits for up to 20 years: the new deal will run for 10 years and has...
Helping Customers Who Are Behind on Utility Bills
With Covid-19, millions of California customers have fallen behind on their utility bills. A CPUC Commissioner recently exclaimed, the number of Californians behind on their utility bills is “extraordinarily frightening.” A recent article in the San Diego...
UCAN’s Spring 2021 Utility Update
NEW YEAR, SAME HIGH RATES Recently, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) held an En Banc session on the issue of “affordability” of California’s electrical utility system. Needless to say, more than a few easily concluded the present system, and the...
High User Charge is Ending
The California Public Utilities Commission voted to end a high usage charge that affected San Diego Gas & Electric customers during hot summer months. The state-mandated High Usage Charge — a substantially higher price for electricity at 400% of normal usage —...