Oral arguments have begun. Pacific Gas & Electric started with escalation (essentially inflation). Interesting. Then to fear mongering about undergrounding. CUE focused on fear mongering, mentioning Paradise (Camp Fire) and Maui. *Note: Camp Fire was due to complete negligence and breaking law

Now seeing a notice of Pacific Gas & Electric "social media campaign" to convince people about undergrounding. One of them is a quote from the Company that its plan "saves money" over time - again, this is a lie.

California leaves itself open to these ridiculous and mostly incorrect attacks because regulators do not prioritize affordability. Report: California Among Most Unaffordable States For Energy | Across California, CA Patch thecentersquare.com/california/art…

Why 16 Million Households in Northern and Central California Are About to Pay More for Electricity capitalandmain.com/why-16-million…

The third rail of utility energy policy- utility billing systems. Those three words bring a chill to any experienced practitioner. nrdc.org/bio/mohit-chha…

Yikes. “Interim rate relief” means approving costs that have not been deemed just and reasonable and having ratepayers pay them, subject to refund. Not sure how it’s legal frankly. nbcbayarea.com/news/local/pge…

Are you interested in learning about the maturity of wildfire mitigation across western United States electric utilities? Come to our webinar on May 7 from 12 to 1 where our legal fellow, Eric Macomber will present his new work: events.stanford.edu/event/wildfire…

Smoke sunset from #temecula

That systemic effect may be the biggest impact from these fires. Recent steps have been stabilizing the FAIR plan population and there have been some very tentative steps back into the California market form admitted lines carriers. This will complicate things.

California did prescribed burns- the best way to reduce wf consequence- on around 78,000 acres of land in 2023. There are 33 million forest acres in CA + millions brush. How do we get to 1 million acres/year? Why doesn’t the state have a comprehensive plan to mitigate risk?