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Southern California Edison is among utilities asking the California Public Utilities Commission for permission to include the costs of wildfire insurance and claims in rate increases.

Power provider Calpine Corp. on Friday said third-quarter earnings rose 75 percent.

Investigators are looking into improper switch settings at California's Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant that could have interfered with the cooling of one of its two reactors during an emergency.

North Monterey County firefighters have controlled a pair of small fires this afternoon, at least one of which was sparked when wires fell.

An electrical fire at a south Stockton motel left 15 families who receive county aid for their lodging temporarily without shelter Tuesday.

A 250-megawatt solar project planned for federal land just east of the Coachella Valley will sell its power to Pacific Gas and Electric Company, providing the Northern California utility with enough electricity for more than 80,000 homes.

California's largest utility plans to boost the amount of solar power it buys from homes and businesses.

Leo Margosian knows that summers get hot in the San Joaquin Valley, and maybe last summer was hotter than most.

Polluters who contaminate drinking water and make people sick shouldn't get off easy.

More than 100 people packed a hearing at the Hugh M. Burns State Building in downtown Fresno tonight to vent their frustation with PG&E's newest metering technology, which customers say has led to unwarranted spikes in utility bills.

Lauren M. Anderson – landerson@nwherald.com Glen Von Bergen, district special program coordinator for McHenry County Conservation District, walks through a MCCD planted filter strip that borders the agricultural land throughout the county.

Californiaa s push to lead U.S. sales of electric cars may result in higher power rates for consumers in the state, as a growing number of rechargeable vehicles forces utilities to pay for grid upgrades.

Pacific Gas and Electric Co. is currently spending millions to thwart public power plans in San Francisco through a new statewide ballot initiative - plans that could lower the price of power to the city's residents.

WASHINGTON Losing key members and facing political headwinds, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce spent a record $34.7 million in the third quarter lobbying against the Obama administration's proposals to overhaul energy policy, financial regulation and health care.

EDMONTON a ' PowerComm Inc. shares jumped 31 per cent in morning trading after announcing ita TMs being acquired by Houston-based Powell Industries for about $56 million.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission officials Tuesday held what could prove to be the first in a long series of meetings concerning renewing Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant's two operating licenses.

Up and down the San Joaquin Valley this summer, amid some of the worst hard times in American history, residents opened their Pacific Gas & Electric bills to discover a shocking new reality: $800-a-month electricity charges -- double what they paid last summer.

With the heavily saturated soil unable to secure their roots, trees fell like matchsticks Tuesday, Oct.

A growing number of companies are quitting the U.S. Chamber of Commerce over its climate change policies.

Days after California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed legislation that would have put limits on renewable power from outside the state , major utility Pacific Gas & Electric has signed an agreement to buy 290 megawatts of power from a solar station in Arizona .

State fire officials Monday announced a $10,000 reward for help putting the arsonist who set August's 49 fire behind bars.

The North Coast was slammed by an early, powerful winter-type storm on Tuesday and Wednesday, Oct.

Stockton experienced a second gas leak in three days Sunday. Pacific Gas and Electric officials said an underground holding station had another valve malfunction at 2 a.m. Sunday morning.

Whether compelled by the state of California, the conscience of the company's stakeholders or pure business opportunity, PG&E has already become a model for building clean energy into a business model and a platform for growth.

October 16, 2009, 04:40 PM - - Mark Bramfitt, who has been an advocate for greater cooperation between data centers and electric utility companies, will leave his job at Pacific Gas & Electric next month, he said on Thursday.

The Central Coast's first seasonal storm Tuesday ripped power from thousands of residents, threw trees and snarled branches into roadways and dumped more rain than the area has had in five years.

Tuesday's storm hit about as hard as weather forecasters predicted. As record rain totals fell, Pacific Gas & Electric Co.

There was a mystery smell floating around Stockton's Weston Ranch neighborhood Friday night.

UPDATE 8:55 a.m.: There are now about 3,000 PG&E customers without power in Oakland and Berkeley, and about 3,200 customers are affected in San Mateo, said PG&E spokesman Joe Molica said.

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has a rebellion on its hands, led by a handful of utilities that have broken with the powerful lobbying group over its stiff opposition to the war on global warming.

October 15, 2009: The first of billions of dollars from the federal government are making their way to local companies working on plug-in electric vehicles, which could help retain tens of thousands of U.S. jobs.

GWF Energy LLC announces today that as part of a ten-year power purchase agreement with Pacific Gas and Electric Company for about 300 megawatts of power, it will convert its existing Tracy Peaker Plant - located near Tracy, California - into a more efficient and environmentally responsible combined cycle plant.

Chief executives from the biggest U.S. corporations worry that the slumping dollar could sap U.S. credibility around the global, spur inflation and ultimately undermine the economy.

Caltrans personnel cut this tree that was hanging in communication lines over Highway 20 Tuesday, reducing traffic to one-way control for abut 30 minutes.

Pacific Gas and Electric Co. will give customers a one-time refund because it collected more money than needed to pay for electricity this year, the utility reported Thursday.

A future solar plant in east Yuma County is going to sell its energy to a California power company, officials announced Thursday.

Good news: Pacific Gas and Electric Co. customers should see a rebate of about $35 on their November/December bill.

The long-promised first storm of the season has arrived. Heavy wind and rain started early Tuesday morning, while most everyone was tucked comfortably in their beds.

A soggy Bay Area is grappling with power outages and treacherous road conditions this morning as the first major storm of the season makes its way through the region.

More than 35,000 Pacific Gas & Electric Co. customers are without power in the Bay Area as crews deal with heavy rain and high winds.

Sandra Santos/Daily Journal A woman tries to fix her overturned umbrella on her way toward the Hillsdale Caltrain Station Tuesday morning.

Building owner Jim Lupo clears leaves from gutters near his downtown Sonora shop in preparation of this weeka s storm.

Today, the California Energy Commission is holding a hearing on the proposed energy efficiency standards for televisions sold in California stores.

The largest October storm in decades packed strong winds and heavy rain as it swept across Northern California on Tuesday, knocking out power for thousands of people and tangling the morning commute, Sacramento station KCRA reported.

Stormy weather this morning has caused power outages for thousands of Pacific Gas & Electric Co.

Under a flash flood and debris flow watch as well as a high wind warning, the Central Coast is weathering its first storm of the season with a handful of power outages and road incidents.

Toyota Motor Corp. , the worlda s largest seller of hybrid vehicles, said potentially valuable emissions credits that California plans to give to utilities for supporting rechargeable cars should go to automakers instead.

The man accused of shooting one man dead and injuring two other people before police killed him Saturday used to throw rocks at a neighbor and scream at others and about 18 months ago, he beat with his fists the man police said he would eventually kill, neighbors said.

Sandhill cranes lodging here this winter may find the area more accommodating thanks to hundreds of plastic "bird diverters" hung from power lines.

State Sen. Dean Florez, D-Shafter, announced Thursday that he has asked Pacific Gas and Electric Co to keep him apprised of its efforts to assist customers who spoke out at a Monday hearing in Bakersfield that was generally critical of the company.

An unusually strong October storm could bring more than an inch of rain to the Bay Area early next week.

Both Greenpeace and the US Secretary of Energy are welcoming an Apple decision to abandon the US Chamber of Commerce .

Thursday, October 08, 2009 at 5:27 p.m. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce fired back at critics on Thursday, after a series of defections by member companies angry over the business lobby's opposition to climate change legislation.

Last week, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued a long-awaited draft rule on greenhouse gas emissions after the Obama administration decided that draft Senate energy legislation did not go far enough in trying to reduce heat-trapping greenhouse gas emissions.

And some old alliances are breaking as a result. Big-name companies such as Apple Inc.

Mrs. King was known as the honorary mayor of Locke, which was built along the Sacramento River and settled by the Chinese in 1915.

PG&E's new ballot initiative would make it almost impossible for any community to get rid of the dirty, high-priced power the utility peddles GUARDIAN EDITORIAL Tuesday October 6, 2009 EDITORIAL San Francisco's chance to create a semblance of public power, through community choice aggregation, faces a devastating threat from Pacific Gas and ...

It started with electric companies: Pacific Gas & Electric in California, Exelon in Chicago and Philadelphia.

As the cold winds of a stormy economy blow across the Bay Area, there may be one consolation for residents: the area's major utility says heating bills will likely drop this winter.

Michael Fagans / The Californian Senator Dean Florez addresses the audience and PG&E representatives during hearings on PG&E billing and smart meters at the Kern County Board of Supervisors chambers on Monday night in Bakersfield.

Apple Inc. quit the U.S. Chamber of Commerce because the group has been too critical of proposed steps to cut pollution.

A wayward balloon knocked out power to nearly 2,000 homes Sunday. The outage began at about 3:30 p.m., when a mylar balloon struck power lines on the 1300 block of Plaza de Oro, Pacific Gas & Electric Co.

Share + Oct 4, 2009 8:14 am US/Pacific SAN FRANCISCO Saturday's high winds apparently toppled a house in San Francisco's Visitacion Valley.

Nuclear power-plant operator Exelon Corp. joined a handful of other big power firms that have pulled out of a Chamber of Commerce lobbying group as the energy sector stakes out various positions over proposed U.S. carbon legislation.

Pacific Gas and Electric Company announced a suite of new power agreements, totaling more than 2,000 megawatts , that are expected to provide many years of clean, reliable electricity for the 15 million people it serves in northern and central California.

A power outage left hundreds of homes and businesses in the dark overnight in Monterey and parts of Pacific Grove.

Power company Exelon said Thursday that John Stough has been appointed as vice president and chief development officer for its new company that will seek to capitalize on the growing market for additional transmission lines.

State Highway 84 is closed in both directions at state Highway 35 in Woodside Tuesday night due to a fallen tree, according to the San Mateo County Office of Emergency Services.