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California Public Utilities Commission Decision Supports Southern California Edison's Request for Smart Metering Initiative Funding
ROSEMEAD, Calif. -- The California Public Utilities Commission CPUC approved $1.63 billion in funding for Southern California Edison's SCE smart metering program, Edison SmartConnect. "This decision marks a new era for our customers and for SCE," said Paul De Martini, SCE vice president, Edison SmartConnect. "Edison SmartConnect enables customers...
Tags: California Public Utilities Commission, SOFTWARE, Southern California Edison
Research articles 2008-09-19
Fitch Affirms OrCal Geothermal's Sr. Secured Notes at 'BBB-'; Outlook Stable
CHICAGO -- Fitch Ratings has affirmed the 'BBB-' rating of OrCal Geothermal Inc.'s OrCal $165 million senior secured notes due 2020. While recent financial results have fallen short of Fitch's original projections, the affirmation reflects Fitch's expectation that OrCal's performance will not be permanently affected by current operational challenges. The...
Tags: Better Business Bureau, California Public Utilities Commission, FINANCE, Fitch, revenue
Research articles 2008-08-27
Cal Water Announces Results for the 2nd Quarter of 2008
SAN JOSE, Calif. -- California Water Service Group (NYSE: CWT) today announced net income of $10.1 million, up 31% from $7.7 million in the second quarter of 2007, and earnings per common share of $0.48, an increase of 30% over $0.37 in the same period last year. Revenues increased...
Tags: California, California Public Utilities Commission, Company, FINANCE, SALES
Research articles 2008-07-30
Rising gas prices fuel ferry fare hike request
One-way fares for ferry service from San Diego to this island could increase by 50 cents as early as June, says George Palermo, president of San Diego Harbor Excursion. The ferry system operates at a loss due to increased expenses, including fuel charges, Palermo said last week. Locally...
Tags: California Public Utilities Commission
Research articles 2008-05-26
CalCEF Continues to Drive the Development and Market Adoption of Clean Energy Technologies
Organization Forms Public Policy Arm to Sustain Investment in Market-Changing Clean Technologies; Promotes Dan Adler to President SAN FRANCISCO -- The California Clean Energy Fund CalCEF today announced the launch of the Center for Innovation and Sustainability, a new public policy arm created to address critical issues affecting the...
Tags: California Public Utilities Commission, president
Research articles 2008-04-23
Legal & Regulatory: Regulators should stop playing the greed card
In early February, Western GeoPower WGP announced its termination of a 20-year geothermal power purchase agreement PPA with Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E). A WGP press release explains that the company terminated the agreement because a regulatory approval condition had not been obtained within a 180-day time period stipulated...
Tags: California Public Utilities Commission, Government, Regulations, regulator
Research articles 2008-04-01
EnergyConnect, Inc. Selected to Provide Demand Response Offerings to Southern California Edison's Large Base of Customers
Commercial and industrial electricity consumers in southern California are invited to get paid for committing to reduce electricity use PORTLAND, Ore. -- EnergyConnect, a wholly owned subsidiary of Microfield Group, Inc. (MICG.OB), and industry leader in innovative demand response technologies, today announced that it received approval from the California...
Tags: California Public Utilities Commission, Southern California Edison, Strategy
Research articles 2008-03-20
Fitch Rts California DWR $1B Power Bonds 'A+'; Upgrades $10.1B Outstanding to 'A+'; Outlook Positive
NEW YORK -- Fitch assigns California Department of Water Resources' DWR up to $1.025 billion, series 2008H power supply revenue bonds a rating of 'A+'. Fitch also upgrades the underlying rating of DWR's $10.05 billion outstanding power supply revenue bonds to 'A+' from 'A'. The Rating Outlook remains Positive. ...
Tags: bond, California Public Utilities Commission, FINANCE, Fitch, Investment, revenue
Research articles 2008-03-03
According to the California Municipal Utilities Association, PUC Proposal Risks California Consumers Again
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Last Friday, the California Public Utilities Commission CPUC issued a proposed decision on its recommendations to the California Air Resources Board CARB for greenhouse gas regulation. "The proposal demonstrates that the CPUC did not learn from the disastrous restructuring of California's electricity industry and that artificially created...
Tags: California, California Public Utilities Commission
Research articles 2008-02-16
Legal & Regulatory: California constrains competition again
Given a chance to make a positive change in California's wholesale generation market, the California Public Utilities Commission CPUC in December opted instead to maintain the state's existing 'hybrid' market model. That decision will further restrict meaningful opportunities for independent power producers IPPs and increase the likelihood that future generation...
Tags: California, California Public Utilities Commission
Research articles 2008-02-01
Changes in rents, electricity charges for apartments.(BAY AREA)
East Palo Alto is freezing apartment rents for six months, fighting efforts by Page Mill Properties to boost charges to tenants between $36 and $159. Expect Page Mill to take the city to court. Office landlords can install submeters for electricity usage under a...
Tags: apartment, California Public Utilities Commission, tenant
Research articles 2008-01-16
Around The States
Maine Charlotte, N.C.-based FairPoint Communications Inc. says the Maine Public Utilities Commission PUC voted to approve an amended stipulation recommending the approval of the merger agreement between FairPoint and Verizon, with a few additional provisions (see related story posted Jan. 14 on Telecom Policy Report)....
Tags: California Public Utilities Commission, FairPoint Communications Inc., Maine, phone, Verizon Communications Inc.
Research articles 2008-01-14
The Pacific Forest and Watershed Lands Stewardship Council Adopts a Conservation Plan for 140,000 Acres of California Land
To: STATE EDITORSContact: CONTACTS: Michele Hannegan, +1-650-703-9150 or Dan Cohen, +1-510-282-7621, both of the Stewardship Council Landmark plan to guide the permanent preservation of watershed lands in CaliforniaFOSTER CITY, Calif., Nov. 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Stewardship Council Board of Directors adopted Volumes I and II of the Final Land Conservation...
Tags: California Public Utilities Commission, conservation, PG&E Corp.
Research articles 2007-11-30
Legal & Regulatory
face=+Bold; Can FERC deliver transmission?face=-Bold; By Steven F. Greenwald and Jeffrey P. Gray This May, the Arizona Corporation Commission ACC rejected a proposal by Southern California Edison SCE to build Devers-Palo Verde No. 2 (DPV2)--a 230-mile-long, high-voltage transmission line connecting California and Arizona. The line, approved by the California...
Tags: Arizona, Benefits, California Public Utilities Commission, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Southern California Edison
Research articles 2007-11-01
Legal & Regulatory: What is resource adequacy?
Under its Resource Adequacy RA program, the California Public Utilities Commission CPUC requires load-serving entities--both independently owned utilities and electric service providers--to demonstrate in both monthly and annual filings that they have purchased capacity commitments of no less than 115% of their peak loads. These purchase requirements are intended to...
Tags: California Public Utilities Commission, performance
Research articles 2007-10-01
Environmental Visionaries Sign-On to Speak at GreenXchange Leadership Conference
Former Secretary of Transportation Norman Mineta, California Public Utilities Commission President Michael Peevey, and Chair of the California Air Resources Board Mary Nichols to speak at the defining event for the world's green marketplace LOS ANGELES and FRAMINGHAM, Mass. -- GreenXchange LLC, the recently formed partnership of tradeshow innovator...
Tags: California, California Public Utilities Commission, Chris, conference, environment, president, secretary, Transportation
Research articles 2007-09-06
Sprinter nears the finish line
West Coast Rail Constructors completed track laying last month for the Sprinter diesel light rail line, giving North County Transit District San Diego officials confidence to predict that the 22-mile line will open between Oceanside and Escondido as scheduled by Dec. 31. If final inspections show the trackwork was installed...
Tags: agency, California Public Utilities Commission, incentive, MARKETING, SALES, Siemens AG, specification
Research articles 2007-09-01
ACES Applauds CPUC Votes to Grant Petition Opening Investigation into Lifting Suspension of Direct Access
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Today, the California Public Utilities Commission CPUC voted to grant a petition opening an investigation into lifting the suspension of direct access and restoring consumers' ability to choose electric service providers. In December a petition was filed with the CPUC asking they open an investigation into...
Tags: California Public Utilities Commission, petition, Retail, Strategy, suspension
Research articles 2007-05-24
Major Energy Savings Achieved in California Preschool to Be Highlighted
New Program Achieving Energy-Saving Improvements at Hundreds of California Preschool Sites; California PUC President, Southern California Edison Official to Appear LOS ANGELES -- California's preschools are now home to one of the most far-reaching efforts in America's schools to reduce energy consumption. The Low Income Investment Fund LIIF will...
Tags: California, California Public Utilities Commission, Southern California Edison
Research articles 2007-05-10
SCE Signs Long-Term Power Contracts in Its Continuing Effort to Attract New Generation to Southern California
ROSEMEAD, Calif. -- Southern California Edison SCE today announced the winning bidders in its competitive solicitation for long-term contracts leading to new power generation to serve Southern California's growing energy needs. The power-purchase agreements with two companies will provide Southern California with 945 megawatts MW of new generating capacity,...
Tags: California Public Utilities Commission, solicitation, Southern California Edison
Research articles 2007-02-16
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