Electric Utility, Public Utilities
May 6, 2020
Via: Greentech MediaCalifornia utility Pacific Gas & Electric may need to rely even more heavily on forced blackouts this year, to prevent its grid from starting more deadly wildfires like the ones that drove it into bankruptcy. PG&E’s wildfire mitigation work appears […]
Electric Utility, Public Utilities
December 18, 2019
Via: Greentech MediaThe burgeoning U.S. microgrid industry is set to install less controllable capacity this year than it did last year. But that setback may prove a temporary blip, especially if a new effort to back up the beleaguered Northern California grid […]
Electric Utility, Public Utilities
January 21, 2019
Via: Greentech MediaThe last time Pacific Gas & Electric declared bankruptcy, in 2001, its customers paid billions of dollars in higher rates while company creditors and shareholders lost little. In that case, PG&E’s losses were largely due to deregulation and marketplace manipulations […]
May 10, 2023
May 10, 2023