In the wake of a spate of fires at battery storage facilities across the state, the California Public Utilities Commission will soon vote on establishing new standards for maintaining and operating them. If passed, the proposal also increases oversight for emergency response at energy storage sites that use batteries.

The California Public Utilities Commission approved Waymo's autonomous vehicle program in Los Angeles in March 2024. The service was expanded to the public in November. Aside from Los Angeles, the company also has driverless cars in San Francisco and Phoenix, with plans to expand to Austin, Atlanta and Miami.

The utility company maintained that the current increase remained within the design limits and did not trigger system protection on these lines.

Southern California Edison has reported a Jan. 7 fault on a power line that was connected miles away from the lines located near the origin of the deadly Eaton Fire that sparked that day.

Southern California Edison, a unit of utility Edison International, said on Monday preliminary analysis of data showed a "momentary and expected increase in current" on its energized lines in the Eaton Canyon corridor on Jan.

The Alphabet-owned autonomous vehicle company Waymo announced on Tuesday that it will begin testing its fleet of driverless robotaxis on the Los Angel

Commissioners rejected requests to delay the decision until the causes of last week’s fires in Los Angeles County could be determined. The California Public Utilities Commission approved ...

Recent wildfires in California are sparking debates on potential utility culpability, leading many people to ask the simple question: why aren't more power lines buried underground?

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As the cleanup phase of recovery begins after the devastating fires in L.A. County, displaced residents grapple with new uncertainty surrounding the cost and timeline for rebuilding.

Big tech energy needs, including for artificial intelligence, has elected officials giving nuclear power a serious reexamination