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SoCal Edison To Pay $550 Million For Sparking Wildfires, Including Rye Fire

New Large Animal Rescue Project During Brush Fires Are Set To Be Implemented

The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) approved a settlement Thursday, penalizing Southern California Edison (SCE) for its role in the inception of five wildfires in 2017 and 2018, including the Rye Fire in Santa Clarita. The penalties pertain to the Thomas, Woolsey, Meyers and Liberty fires, as well as the Rye Fire, which burned 6,049 acres (9.45 sq mi) on ...

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Program That Gives Foster Youths Phone Access Gets Extended By CPUC

Senator Scott Wilk, R-Santa Clarita announced Thursday The iFoster Pilot Program received an extension from the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) to help provide foster youths with smartphones. This decision extends the iFoster, Inc. pilot program through January 2023 and directs T-Mobile to share anonymized data sets. Wilk’s Senate Bill 546 (SB 546) would preserve the extension under law and ...

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California Public Utilities Commission Issues Additional Guidelines To Improve Public Safety Power Shutoffs

The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) issued additional guidelines and rules in continual improvements to execution of public safety power shutoffs (PSPS). The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) updated existing guidelines for utility Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS) events in advance of the 2021 wildfire season Thursday, resulting in electric investor-owned utilities now required to take a results-based approach to ...

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Garcia Urges California Public Utilities Commission To Not Enforce Net Neutrality Law

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Representative Mike Garcia, R-Santa Clarita, has encouraged the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) to avoid enforcing a section of California’s net neutrality law to allow telehealth services for veterans to continue. Garcia, along with 19 other Republican lawmakers, sent a letter to CPUC on Tuesday asking the organization to not enforce the California Net Neutrality law’s ban on “zero-rating,” which ...

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REMINDER: Public Hearing On SCE Power Shutoffs Scheduled For Tuesday

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Officials with the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) are set to host a public hearing Tuesday morning on the implementation of Public Safety Power Shutoffs (PSPS) by  Southern California Edison (SCE). On Tuesday, Jan. 26, CPUC officials are expected to host a public hearing on the practice of implementing PSPS, with several officials ranging from the local to federal level ...

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Senator Scott Wilk Announces State Utility Audit, Need For Transparency With Water Rates

Senator Scott Wilk released a statement Wednesday on the California Public Utilities Commission audit and rate setting process in regards to investor-owned utilities that serve California’s water users. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. Last spring, the Joint Legislative Audit Committee approved a request by Wilk, of the 21st Senate District, and ...

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State Public Utility Commission Could Halt Transfer Of Valencia Water Company

Citing state law and a recent complaint by the Santa Clarita Organization for Planning and the Environment (SCOPE), an administrative judge for the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) said the Castaic Lake Water Agency (CLWA) must ask permission for a recent utility sale, according to a ruling Thursday. The ruling said the Castaic Lake Water Agency’s purchase of Valencia Water Co.(VWC), ...

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