Tag Archives: CPUC

Morning Splash: The Big Storm; Guv Confronts GOP; MUNI Safety Violations; PUC Shenanigans?

February 25, 2011, 7:48 am • Posted by Jon Brooks
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'Coldest storm of season' hits Bay Area; snowball fights in San Jose still possible (San Jose Mercury News) The Alaska cold front that is threatening to bring snow to San Jose for the first time since 1976 is making its … Continue reading »

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CPUC Orders PG&E to Cut Pressure on Four More Gas Pipelines

February 2, 2011, 6:34 pm • Posted by Jon Brooks
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KQED's Cy Musiker talked to CPUC's Executive Director Paul Clanon about its order to reduce pressure on four more gas pipelines, as well as about PG&E's monumental review of pipeline records. Listen here: Dow Jones also has the story.

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PG&E's Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Week

January 28, 2011, 3:37 pm • Posted by Jon Brooks
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PG&E — the Rodney Dangerfield of investor-owned utilities with an $18 billion market cap. Not only did federal, state, and local officials all pile on this week in criticizing the company over its handling of the San Bruno gas explosion, … Continue reading »

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Now a PUC Commissioner, Utilities Critic Mike Florio Speaks Out

January 27, 2011, 2:52 pm • Posted by Jon Brooks
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Today's California Public Utilities Commission meeting was the first at which newly appointed commissioners Mike Florio and Catherine Sandoval sat. (Archived video of today's meeting here.) Governor Jerry Brown's appointment of Florio in particular has caused speculation of a pro-consumer … Continue reading »

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Morning Splash: Brown Names Consumer Advocate Florio to PUC, State of the Union

January 26, 2011, 7:59 am • Posted by Jon Brooks
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Brown names consumer advocate Mike Florio to PUC (SF Chronicle) Gov. Jerry Brown on Tuesday appointed a staunch consumer advocate and a law school professor to a powerful state commission that regulates California's utilities – a panel that has come … Continue reading »

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Video: Jerry Hill, Commissioner Get Into It at CPUC Meeting

January 14, 2011, 2:04 pm • Posted by Jon Brooks
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Rightly or wrongly, Assemblymember Jerry Hill of San Mateo really lit into the lame-duck California Public Utilities Commission yesterday over its failure to effectively regulate PG&E before the San Bruno gas explosion. (Watch video of the full exchange between Hill … Continue reading »

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