PG&E to Defer $2 Billion of Work After California Shelved Fire Bill September 2, 2026 By Michelle Ma PG&E Corp. plans to defer about $2 billion of investments next year as part of a strategic review of its...
California Lawmakers Adjourn Without Voting on Wildfire Bill September 2, 2026 By Andrew Oxford and Michelle Ma The California Assembly adjourned without passing a revamp of the state’s wildfire response, sending up shares in two key power...
California Lawmakers File Wildfire Plan, Without Newsom Asks September 1, 2026 By Michelle Ma and Andrew Oxford California legislators introduced a bill Saturday that would update the state’s wildfire response without shifting liability away from publicly traded...
California Lawmakers to Oppose Limits on Insurance Fire Claims August 26, 2026 By Andrew Oxford and Michelle Ma California lawmakers are lining up against Gov. Gavin Newsom’s push to rewrite how the state assigns financial responsibility for wildfires...
PG&E’s Data Center Pipeline Surges in Second Quarter July 24, 2026 By Emily Forgash and Michelle Ma PG&E Corp. reported a 7.6-gigawatt increase in its data center pipeline during the second quarter as the artificial intelligence build-out...
34,000 PG&E Customers Without Power on California Fire Risk May 18, 2026 By Mary Hui More than 34,000 homes and businesses remain without power across PG&E Corp.’s service area after a weekend outage due in...
California Utility Bills Are 20% Higher Due to Wildfires April 13, 2026 By Todd Woody The escalating cost of wildfires now adds $41 to the average monthly power bill for residential customers of California’s largest...
California’s Last Nuclear Power Plant OK’d to Run Through at Least 2030 April 6, 2026 By Laila Kearney Federal regulators approved an operating license extension for California’s last-standing nuclear power plant, which under state law can run until...
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...