Topic: Electricity

California Public Utilities Commission Approves SoCal Edison’s 2025-2028 Rates On September 18, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) approved Southern California Edison’s (SCE) 2025 General Rate Case. This decision sets the total revenue SCE may collect from customers through 2028. While authorized revenue doesn’t translate...

In a significant step towards sustainability, Fullerton College recently unveiled its first-ever solar panel installation during a ribbon-cutting ceremony, marking a milestone for the North Orange County Community College District (NOCCCD). The project is the culmination of a three-year collaboration between the college, SPURR, and...

California’s PG&E customers have been experiencing higher than-normal rates reflected on their monthly utility bills. A new report anticipates the issue compounding over the next 3 years. But, PG&E disagrees.  The forecast by state regulatory bodies predicts that PG&E customers will see bills outpacing inflation...

Effective January 2025, the sale of virtually all new fluorescent lighting will be banned in the State of California. Beginning in January of 2024, CA Bill AB 2208 halted the sale of screw/bayonet-base fluorescent lamps, and by 2025, pin-base linear lamps will meet a similar...

PG&E recently published their rate increases effective January 1, 2024. According to news site KSBW, rates will increase at an average of over $32 per month for roughly 16 million customers across California. The increased funds, reports KSBW, will help “bury 2,100 miles (3,380 kilometers)...

The Biden administration on Monday said it’s providing Pacific Gas & Electric Co. with a $1.1 billion grant to help the company prevent the closure of Diablo Canyon, California’s last nuclear power plant. Diablo Canyon was originally scheduled to be decommissioned in two phases in...

Lucas Davis, Jeffrey A. Jacobs Distinguished Professor in Business and Technology at the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley, recently revealed insights about the effect of record-breaking summer heat waves on power prices. “The September heat wave was historic, both in...

SPURR’s Board of Directors recently passed Resolution 2022-01 in opposition to PG&E’s proposed rate increases in the utility’s 2023 General Rate Case(GRC). According to GRC documents filed by PG&E in June 2021, PG&E requests the following sample class average rate increases effective January 2023, as...

Podcast featuring guest Candyce Kelshall, President of the Canadian Association for Security and Intelligence Studies –Vancouver, Adjunct Professor, Buckingham University Centre for Security and Intelligence Studies and Vice Chair at the Canadian Intelligence Network.