California Rivals Have Starkly Different Plans to Remake Home Insurance July 17, 2026 By Leslie Kaufman and Michelle Ma As high temperatures bake California and strong winds make it more susceptible to fire, voters in the state are being...
Edison Gets Mixed Rulings on Bid to Spread Blame for LA Wildfire July 9, 2026 By Michelle Ma and Emily Forgash A judge rejected Southern California Edison’s attempt to shift blame to Los Angeles County for allegedly failing to ensure timely...
California Fire Spread Slows But Dangerous Conditions Linger May 19, 2026 By Michelle Ma, Joe Wertz, Emily Forgash and Mary Hui Winds that drove a fast-moving brush fire across Southern California’s Simi Valley eased overnight, slowing the blaze’s spread, but dangerous...
Edison Is Slashing Top Executive Bonuses After Deadly LA Fire February 19, 2026 By Michelle Ma Edison International is cutting top executive bonuses by 40% to reflect the impact of the devastating Los Angeles-area wildfire that...
Rising Fire Risk Prompts Utilities to Deliberately Cut Power February 10, 2026 By Michelle Ma and Lauren Rosenthal States in the U.S. West are grappling with an unusually warm, arid winter that is ramping up fire risk in...
Edison Sues LA County Over Fire Deaths for Delayed Alerts January 20, 2026 By Jef Feeley and Michelle Ma Edison International sued Los Angeles County and other public agencies for allegedly failing to ensure timely evacuation alerts that the...
California Cuts PG&E’s and Edison’s Profits for Grid Investments December 19, 2025 By Mark Chediak and Michelle Ma California regulators reduced the profit that utilities are allowed to make on infrastructure investments in an effort to rein in...
Buffett Utility Reaches Oregon Wildfire Deal With Nearly 1,500 Victims November 20, 2025 By Michelle Ma and Alexandre Rajbhandari Berkshire Hathaway Inc.’s PacifiCorp said it has reached a $150 million settlement with 1,434 plaintiffs associated with the 2020 Labor...
PG&E Investing $73B in Capital Spending Through 2030 to Harden System September 30, 2025 By Michelle Ma PG&E Corp. plans to invest $73 billion in capital expenditures through 2030 as it moves to harden a system that’s...
The LA Fires Destroyed 11,000 Homes. Less Than 10% Have Permits to Rebuild September 29, 2025 By Michelle Ma and John Gittelsohn Of the thousands of residents needing to rebuild after this year’s California wildfires, Andy Weyman would seem especially well positioned....