As LA fires burn, SoCal Edison allowed to raise rates for 2017 blaze
Customers are picking up the $1.7. billion tab after utility's s equipment was linked to LA wildfire and flooding seven years ago.
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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.
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Waymo is coming to Los Angeles freeways, company announces
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.
California utility reports fault on power line miles away from origin of deadly Eaton fire
Southern California Edison says power lines saw an increase in current day of Eaton Fire
Judge orders California utility to preserve evidence in Eaton fire as lawsuits pile up
A Los Angeles judge on Tuesday ordered Southern California Edison to preserve all its data, equipment, and evidence related to the deadly Eaton fire, which has already burned more than
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What would it cost to bury all of California’s power lines?
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?
Waymo begins testing robotaxis on Los Angeles freeways
The Alphabet-owned autonomous vehicle company Waymo announced on Tuesday that it will begin testing its fleet of driverless robotaxis on the Los Angel
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S-California Wildfire Survivor Who Watched His ‘House Burn’ Uses Experience To Help L.A. Victims Navigate Rebuilding Their Lives
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California utility reports fault on power line miles away from origin of deadly Eaton fire, faces lawsuit
CONTAINMENT ON THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY WILDFIRES ... The utility's new filing with the California Public Utilities Commission comes on the same day as a court hearing in a case filed by attorneys ...
California Wildfire Survivor Who Watched His 'House Burn' Uses Experience To Help L.A. Victims Navigate Rebuilding Their Lives
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Artificial intelligence is bringing nuclear power back from the dead — maybe even in California
Energy demands from big tech, including for AI, has elected officials giving an old power source a second look.
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Power lines and wildfires: Experts say communities can be better protected, at a high cost
Residents in the Los Angeles County community of Sylmar ... area beneath a high-voltage transmission tower. A California Public Utilities Commission special investigator concluded SCE had not ...
State officials approve Edison rate hike for 2017 wildfire sparked by its equipment
California officials voted Thursday to let Southern California Edison to raise electric rates to cover payments it made to victims of the 2017 Thomas wildfire.